Asus PSCH-L PSCH-L MB Manual - Page 4

Powering up, BIOS setup

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Safeguards Contents Chapter 3: Powering up 3.1 Starting up for the first time 3-1 3.2 Powering off the computer 3-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4-1 4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 4-1 4.1.2 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS 4-2 4.1.3 Using AFUDOS to copy BIOS from PC 4-3 4.1.4 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2 ....... 4-4 4.1.5 ASUS Update 4-6 4.2 BIOS Setup program 4-8 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 4-9 4.2.2 Menu bar 4-9 4.2.3 Navigation keys 4-9 4.2.4 Menu items 4-10 4.2.5 Sub-menu items 4-10 4.2.6 Configuration fields 4-10 4.2.7 Pop-up window 4-10 4.2.8 Scroll bar 4-10 4.2.9 General help 4-10 4.3 Main menu 4-11 4.3.1 System Information 4-11 4.3.2 System Time 4-12 4.3.3 System Date 4-12 4.3.4 Floppy A 4-12 4.3.5 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave, Third IDE/SATA, Fourth IDE/SATA 4-12 4.3.6 Boot Options 4-14 4.3.7 System Memory 4-17 4.4 Advanced menu 4-18 4.4.1 CPU Configuration 4-18 4.4.2 Chipset Configuration 4-20 4.4.3 Super IO Configuration 4-21 4.4.4 IDE Configuration 4-22 4.4.5 USB Configuration 4-23 4.4.6 ACPI Configuration 4-24 4.4.7 PCI PnP Configuration 4-26 iv

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Safeguards
Contents
Chapter
3:
Powering up
3.1
Starting up for the first time
................................................
3-1
3.2
Powering off the computer
.................................................
3-2
Chapter
4:
BIOS setup
4.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
....................................
4-1
4.1.1
Creating a bootable floppy disk
.............................
4-1
4.1.2
Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS
......................
4-2
4.1.3
Using AFUDOS to copy BIOS from PC
.................
4-3
4.1.4
Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2
.......
4-4
4.1.5
ASUS Update
........................................................
4-6
4.2
BIOS Setup program
..........................................................
4-8
4.2.1
BIOS menu screen
................................................
4-9
4.2.2
Menu bar
................................................................
4-9
4.2.3
Navigation keys
.....................................................
4-9
4.2.4
Menu items
..........................................................
4-10
4.2.5
Sub-menu items
...................................................
4-10
4.2.6
Configuration fields
..............................................
4-10
4.2.7
Pop-up window
....................................................
4-10
4.2.8
Scroll bar
..............................................................
4-10
4.2.9
General help
........................................................
4-10
4.3
Main menu
.........................................................................
4-11
4.3.1
System Information
...............................................
4-11
4.3.2
System Time
........................................................
4-12
4.3.3
System Date
........................................................
4-12
4.3.4
Floppy A
...............................................................
4-12
4.3.5
Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave,
Third IDE/SATA, Fourth IDE/SATA
.......................
4-12
4.3.6
Boot Options
........................................................
4-14
4.3.7
System Memory
...................................................
4-17
4.4
Advanced menu
...............................................................
4-18
4.4.1
CPU Configuration
...............................................
4-18
4.4.2
Chipset Configuration
..........................................
4-20
4.4.3
Super IO Configuration
........................................
4-21
4.4.4
IDE Configuration
................................................
4-22
4.4.5
USB Configuration
...............................................
4-23
4.4.6
ACPI Configuration
..............................................
4-24
4.4.7
PCI PnP Configuration
.........................................
4-26