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Chapter 3:
BIOS Setup
3.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
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3-1
3.1.1
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
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3-1
3.1.2
ASUS EzFlash Utility
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3-2
3.1.3
BUPDATER utility
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3-3
3.2
BIOS setup program
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3-5
3.2.1
BIOS menu screen
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3-6
3.2.2
Menu bar
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3-6
3.2.3
Menu items
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3-7
3.2.4
Submenu items
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3-7
3.2.5
Navigation keys
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3-7
3.2.6
General help
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3-7
3.2.7
Configuration fields
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3-7
3.2.8
Pop-up window
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3-7
3.2.9
Scroll bar
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3-7
3.3
Main menu
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3-8
3.3.1
System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
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3-8
3.3.2
System Time [xx:xx:xx]
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3-8
3.4
Advanced menu
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3-9
3.4.1
Trusted Computing
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3-9
3.4.2
Chipset Configuration
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3-9
3.4.3
Platform Configuration
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3-17
3.4.4
CPU Configuration
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3-25
3.4.5
SATA Configuration
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3-28
3.4.6
Network Stack Configuration
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3-31
3.4.7
CSM Configuration
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3-32
3.4.8
iSCSI Configuration
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3-33
3.5
Security Menu
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3-33
3.6
Boot Menu
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3-36
3.7
Monitor Menu
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3-37
3.8
Tool menu
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3-38
3.9
Save & Exit menu
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3-38
3.10
Server Mgmt menu (P10S-M WS/IPMI-O only)
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3-39
3.11
Event Logs menu
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3-43