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Table of contents
Chapter
3:
Starting up
3.1
Installing an operating system
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3-2
3.2
Powering up
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3-2
3.3
Support CD information
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3-2
3.3.1
Running the support CD
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3-3
3.3.2
Utilities menu
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3-4
3.3.3
Make disk
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3-5
3.3.4
ASUS contact information
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3-5
3.4
Software information
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3-6
Chapter
4:
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:
BIOS setup
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
ASUS EZ Flash utility
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5-3
5.1.3
Award BIOS Flash Uuility
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5-3
5.1.4
Saving the current BIOS file
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5-5
5.1.5
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
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5-6
5.2
BIOS setup program
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5-7
5.3
BIOS menu screen
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5-8
5.4
Standard BIOS features
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5-10
5.5
Advanced BIOS features
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5-14
5.6
Integrated peripherals
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5-16
5.7
Power management setup
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5-20
5.8
PC health status
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5-22
5.9
Other items
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5-23