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Table of contents
Chapter
3:
Chapter
3:
Chapter
3:
Chapter
3:
Chapter
3:
Starting up
Starting up
Starting up
Starting up
Starting up
3.1
Installing an operating system
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3-2
3.2
Support CD information
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3-2
3.2.1
Running the support CD
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3-2
3.2.2
Drivers menu
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3-3
3.2.3
Utilities menu
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3-4
3.2.4
ASUS Contact information
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3-5
3.2.5
Other information
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3-6
3.3
Software information
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3-8
3.3.1
ASUS PC Probe
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3-8
3.3.2
ASUS Update
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3-12
Chapter
4:
Chapter
4:
Chapter
4:
Chapter
4:
Chapter
4:
Motherboard Info
Motherboard Info
Motherboard Info
Motherboard Info
Motherboard Info
4.1
Introduction
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4-2
4.2
Motherboard layout
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4-2
4.3
Jumpers
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4-3
4.4
Connectors
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4-5
Chapter
5:
Chapter
5:
Chapter
5:
Chapter
5:
Chapter
5:
BIOS Information
BIOS Information
BIOS Information
BIOS Information
BIOS Information
5.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
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5-2
5.1.1
Creating a bootable floppy disk
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5-2
5.1.2
Updating the BIOS using the AwardBIOS
Flash Utility
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5-3
5.1.3
Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS
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5-5
5.1.4
ASUS Update
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5-6
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
Legacy Diskette A
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5-10
5.3.4
HDD SMART Monitoring
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5-10
5.3.5
Primary and Secondary Master/Slave
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5-11
5.3.6
Installed Memory
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5-12