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ASUS P2-P5N9300/P4-P5N9300

4-7

Recovering the BIOS from the Support CD

To recover the BIOS from the Support CD:

1.

Remove any floppy disk from the floppy disk drive, then turn on the system.

2.

Place the Support CD into the optical drive.

The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the

floppy disk for the original or updated BIOS file.

Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...

Checking for floppy...

Floppy not found!

Checking for CD-ROM...

CD-ROM found!

Reading file “

P5N78L.ROM”. Completed.

Start flashing...

When no floppy disk is found, the utility automatically checks the optical drive

for the original or updated BIOS file. The utility then updates the corrupted

BIOS file.



3.

Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.

The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard.

Visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com

to download the latest BIOS file.

When the original or updated BIOS file is found, the utility reads it and starts

updating the corrupted BIOS file.



Floppy found!

Reading file “

P5N78L.ROM”. Completed.

Start flashing...

DO NOT

shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so can

cause system boot failure!

3.

Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process.

Section	Page
Notices	6
Safety information	7
About this guide	8
System package contents	10
Chapter 1: System introduction	11
1.1 Welcome!	12
1.2 Front panel	12
1.3 Rear panel	14
1.4 Internal components	16
Chapter 2: Starting up	17
2.1 Installing an operating system	18
2.2 Powering up your system	18
2.3 Support CD information	19
2.3.1 Running the Support CD	19
2.3.2 Drivers menu	20
2.3.3 Utilities menu	21
2.3.4 Make Disk menu	22
2.3.5 Manual menu	23
2.3.6 ASUS Contact information	23
2.3.7 Other information	24
2.4 ASUS AI Manager	26
2.4.1 Installing AI Manager	26
2.4.2 Launching AI Manager	26
2.4.3 AI Manager Quick Bar	26
2.4.4 Main	27
2.4.5 My favorites	30
2.4.6 Support	31
2.4.7 Information	31
Chapter 3: Motherboard info	33
3.1 Introduction	34
3.2 Motherboard layout	34
3.3 Jumpers	35
3.4 Connectors	38
Chapter 4: BIOS setup	43
4.1 Managing and updating you BIOS	44
4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk	44
4.1.2 AwardBIOS flash utility	45
4.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility	48
4.1.4 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility	50
4.1.5 ASUS Update utility	51
4.2 BIOS setup program	54
4.2.1 BIOS menu screen	55
4.2.2 Menu bar	55
4.2.3 Legend bar	56
4.2.4 Menu items	56
4.2.5 Submenu items	56
4.2.6 Configuration fields	56
4.2.7 Pop-up window	57
4.2.8 General help	57
4.3 Main menu	58
4.3.1 System Time	58
4.3.2 System Date	58
4.3.3 SATA 1-2	59
4.3.4 ESATA	60
4.3.5 HDD SMART Monitoring	60
4.4 Advanced menu	61
4.4.1 JumperFree Configuration	61
4.4.2 CPU Configuration	65
4.4.3 Chipset	66
4.4.4 PCIPnP	67
4.4.5 Onboard Device Configuration	68
4.4.6 USB Configuration	70
4.5 Power menu	71
4.5.1 ACPI Suspend Type	71
4.5.2 ACPI APIC Support	71
4.5.3 APM Configuration	72
4.5.4 Hardware Monitor	74
4.6 Boot menu	75
4.6.1 Boot Device Priority	75
4.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration	76
4.6.3 Security	77
4.7 Tools menu	79
4.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2	79
4.7.2 Express Gate	80

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