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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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3-3
3.3.1
Running the support CD
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3-3
3.3.2
Drivers menu
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3-4
3.3.3
Utilities Disk
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3-5
3.3.4
Make Disk menu
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3-6
3.3.5
Manuals menu
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3-7
3.3.6
ASUS Contact information
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3-7
3.4
Software information
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3-8
3.4.1
SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility
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3-8
3.4.2
ASUS AI Gear
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3-9
3.4.3
ASUS AI Nap
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3-10
Chapter
4: Motherboard Information
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
AFUDOS utility
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5-4
5.1.4
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
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5-6
5.1.5
ASUS Update utility
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5-8
5.2
BIOS setup program
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5-11
5.2.1
BIOS menu screen
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5-12
5.2.2
Menu bar
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5-12
5.2.3
Navigation keys
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5-12
5.2.4
Menu items
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5-13
5.2.5
Sub-menu items
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5-13
5.2.6
Configuration fields
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5-13