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Contents
Chapter 3: BIOS setup
3.1 Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................3-1
3.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................
3-1
3.2.1 EZ Mode
......................................................................................3-2
3.2.2 Advanced Mode ..........................................................................
3-3
3.3 Main menu ..................................................................................................
3-5
3.4 Ai Tweaker menu ........................................................................................
3-7
3.5 Advanced menu .......................................................................................
3-14
3.5.1 CPU Conguration ....................................................................
3-15
3.5.2 PCH Conguration ....................................................................
3-17
3.5.3 SATA Conguration ...................................................................
3-18
3.5.4 System Agent Conguration
......................................................3-20
3.5.5 USB Conguration ....................................................................
3-21
3.5.6 Onboard Devices Conguration ................................................
3-22
3.5.7 APM ..........................................................................................
3-24
3.5.8 Network Stack ...........................................................................
3-25
3.6 Monitor menu ...........................................................................................
3-26
3.7 Boot menu ................................................................................................
3-29
3.8 Tools menu ...............................................................................................
3-31
3.9 Exit menu ..................................................................................................
3-33
3.10 Updating BIOS ..........................................................................................
3-34
3.10.1 ASUS Update utility
...................................................................3-34
3.10.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility .............................................................
3-37
3.10.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
.................................................3-38
3.10.4 ASUS BIOS Updater .................................................................
3-39
Chapter 4: Software support
4.1 Installing an operating system .................................................................4-1
4.2 Support DVD information ..........................................................................
4-1
4.2.1 Running the support DVD ...........................................................
4-1
4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals
..................................................4-2
4.3 Software information .................................................................................
4-3
4.3.1 AI Suite II
.....................................................................................4-3
4.3.2 TurboV EVO ................................................................................
4-4
4.3.3 DIGI+ VRM ..................................................................................
4-8
4.3.4 EPU .............................................................................................
4-9
4.3.5 FAN Xpert+ ...............................................................................
4-10
4.3.6 Probe II
......................................................................................4-11