Asus P4V8X-MX Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Contents
2.1.4 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS ..................... 2-5
2.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ......................................
2-6
2.2 BIOS Setup Program .....................................................................
2-8
2.2.1 BIOS menu screen ..........................................................
2-9
2.2.2 Menu bar .........................................................................
2-9
2.2.3 Navigation keys ...............................................................
2-9
2.2.4 Menu items ................................................................... 2-10
2.2.5 Sub-menu items ............................................................ 2-10
2.2.6 Configuration fields ....................................................... 2-10
2.2.7 Pop-up window ............................................................. 2-10
2.2.8 Scroll bar .......................................................................
2-10
2.2.9 General help .................................................................
2-10
2.3 Main Menu ....................................................................................2-11
2.4 Advanced Menu ...........................................................................
2-15
2.4.1 CPU Configuration ........................................................
2-15
2.4.2 USB Configuration ........................................................
2-17
2.4.3 Chipset ..........................................................................
2-18
2.4.4 Onboard Devices Configuration ....................................
2-21
2.4.5 PCIPnP .........................................................................
2-22
2.5 Power Menu .................................................................................
2-23
2.5.1 APM Configuration ........................................................
2-24
2.5.2 Hardware Monitor .........................................................
2-25
2.6 Boot Menu ....................................................................................
2-26
2.6.1 Boot Device Priority ......................................................
2-27
2.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration ..........................................
2-27
2.6.3 Security .........................................................................
2-28
2.7 Exit Menu .....................................................................................
2-29
Chapter 3: Software Support
3.1 Installing An Operating System ...................................................... 3-2
3.2 Support CD Information .................................................................
3-2
3.2.1 Running the support CD .................................................
3-2
3.2.2 Drivers menu ...................................................................
3-3
3.2.3 Utilities menu ..................................................................
3-3
3.2.4 Manual menu ..................................................................
3-4
3.2.5 Contacts menu ................................................................
3-5
3.3 VIA RAID configurations ................................................................. 3-6
3.3.1 Installing hard disks ........................................................ 3-6
3.3.2 VIA RAID Configuration .................................................. 3-7
3.4 Creating a RAID driver disk .......................................................... 3-10