Asus M2S-X Personal Computer User Manual


 
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Contents
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................ 2-2
2.1.1 Creating a bootable oppy disk ..............................
2-2
2.1.2 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS .........................
2-3
2.1.3 Using AFUDOS to copy BIOS from PC .....................
2-4
2.1.4 Using ASUS EZ Flash 2 to update the BIOS .............
2-5
2.1.5 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 3 ...........
2-6
2.2 BIOS Setup program .............................................................
2-9
2.2.1 BIOS menu screen .................................................
2-10
2.2.2 Menu bar ...............................................................
2-10
2.2.3 Navigation keys .....................................................
2-10
2.2.4 Menu items ...........................................................
2-11
2.2.5 Sub-menu items ....................................................
2-11
2.2.6 Conguration elds ...............................................
2-11
2.2.7 Pop-up window ......................................................
2-11
2.2.8 Scroll bar ...............................................................
2-11
2.2.9 General help ..........................................................
2-11
2.3 Main menu ...........................................................................
2-12
2.3.1 System Time .........................................................
2-12
2.3.2 System Date .........................................................
2-12
2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A ...............................................
2-12
2.3.4 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave .............
2-13
2.3.5 SATA1 and SATA2 ................................................
2-14
2.3.6 IDE Conguration ..................................................
2-16
2.3.7 System Information
............................................... 2-17
2.4 Advanced menu ..................................................................
2-17
2.4.1 USB Conguration .................................................
2-18
2.4.2 JumperFree Conguration .....................................
2-19
2.4.3 CPU Conguration .................................................
2-20
2.4.4 Chipset ..................................................................
2-20
2.4.5 Onboard Devices Conguration .............................
2-26
2.4.6 PCI PnP ..................................................................
2-27