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Table of contents
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
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2-2
2.1.1
Creating a bootable floppy disk
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2-2
2.1.2
ASUS EZ Flash utility
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2-3
2.1.3
AFUDOS utility
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2-4
2.1.4
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
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2-6
2.1.5
ASUS Update utility
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2-8
2.2
BIOS setup program
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2-11
2.2.1
BIOS menu screen
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2-12
2.2.2
Menu bar
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2-12
2.2.3
Navigation keys
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2-12
2.2.4
Menu items
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2-13
2.2.5
Sub-menu items
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2-13
2.2.6
Configuration fields
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2-13
2.2.7
Pop-up window
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2-13
2.2.8
Scroll bar
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2-13
2.2.9
General help
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2-13
2.3
Main menu
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2-14
2.3.1
System Time
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2-14
2.3.2
System Date
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2-14
2.3.3
Legacy Diskette A
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2-14
2.3.4
Primary, Secondary, Third, Fourth IDE Master/Slave
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2-15
2.3.5
IDE Configuration
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2-16
2.3.6
System Information
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2-17
2.4
Advanced menu
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2-18
2.4.1
CPU Configuration
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2-18
2.4.2
Chipset
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2-19
2.4.3
Onboard Devices Configuration
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2-26
2.4.4
PCI PnP
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2-27
2.5
Power menu
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2-28
2.5.1
ACPI 2.0 Support
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2-28
2.5.2
ACPI APIC Support
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2-28