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Table of contents
Chapter 5: BIOS setup
5.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
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5-2
5.1.1
ASUS EZ Flash utility
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5-2
5.1.2
Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2
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5-3
5.1.3
ASUS Update
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5-5
5.2
BIOS Setup program
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5-7
5.2.1
BIOS menu bar
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5-8
5.2.2
Legend bar
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5-8
5.3
Main Menu
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5-10
5.3.1
System Time
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5-10
5.3.2
System Date
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5-10
5.3.3
Primary IDE Master/Slave; First SATA Master
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5-11
5.3.4
HDD SMART Monitoring
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5-12
5.3.5
Installed Memory
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5-12
5.3.6
Usable Memory
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5-12
5.4
Advanced Menu
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5-13
5.4.1
CPU configuration
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5-13
5.4.2
Chipset configuration
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5-14
5.4.3
PCIPnP
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5-15
5.4.4
Onboard device configuration
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5-16
5.4.5
USB configuration
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5-18
5.5
Power menu
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5-19
5.5.1
APM configuration
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5-20
5.5.2
Hardware Monitor
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5-22
5.6
Boot menu5-23
5.6.1
Boot device priority
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5-23
5.6.2
Removable drives
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5-24
5.6.3
Hard disk drives
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5-24
5.6.4
CD-ROM drives
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5-25
5.6.5
Boot Settings Configuration
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5-26
5.6.6
Security
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5-27
5.7
Exit menu
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5-29