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Table of contents
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
4.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
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4-2
4.1.1
ASUS Update utility
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4-2
4.1.2
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility
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4-5
4.1.3
ASUS CrashFree BIOS
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4-6
4.2
BIOS setup program
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4-7
4.2.1
BIOS menu screen
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4-8
4.2.2
Menu bar
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4-8
4.2.3
Navigation keys
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4-8
4.2.4
Menu items
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4-9
4.2.5
Sub-menu items
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4-9
4.2.6
Configuration fields
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4-9
4.2.7
Pop-up window
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4-9
4.2.8
Scroll bar
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4-9
4.2.9
General help
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4-9
4.3
Main menu
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4-10
4.3.1
System Time
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4-10
4.3.2
System Date
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4-10
4.3.3
Primary IDE Master/Slave, SATA1~4
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4-11
4.3.4
Storage Configuration
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4-12
4.3.5
System Information
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4-13
4.4
Advanced menu
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4-14
4.4.2
CPU Configuration
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4-14
4.4.2
Chipset
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4-16
4.4.3
Onboard Devices Configuration
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4-19
4.4.4
USB Configuration
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4-20
4.4.5
PCI PnP
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4-21
4.5
Power menu
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4-22
4.5.1
Suspend Mode [Auto]
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4-22
4.5.2
ACPI 2.0 Support
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4-22
4.5.3
ACPI APIC Support
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4-22
4.5.4
APM Configuration
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4-23
4.5.5
Hardware Monitor
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4-24