Asus A8N32-SLI - Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce SPP 100 ATX AMD Motherboard Deluxe - Page 4

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Contents
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................... 2-2
2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk ................................ 2-2
2.1.2 AwardBIOS Flash Utility .............................................. 2 -3
2.2 BIOS Setup program ................................................................... 2-8
2.2.1 BIOS menu bar ............................................................. 2-9
2.2.2 Legend bar ................................................................... 2-9
2.3 Main Menu ................................................................................. 2-11
2.3.1 System Time ............................................................. 2-11
2.3.2 System Date ............................................................. 2-11
2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A.................................................... 2-11
2.3.4 Installed Memory ...................................................... 2-11
2.3.5 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave ............. 2-12
2.3.6 First, Second, Third, and Fourth SATA Master ..... 2-14
2.3.7 Installed Memory ...................................................... 2-15
2.4 Advanced Menu ....................................................................... 2-16
2.4.1 CPU configuration..................................................... 2-17
2.4.2 Chipset configuration .............................................. 2-18
2.4.3 PCIPnP ........................................................................ 2-20
2.4.4 Onboard device configuration ............................... 2-22
2.5 Power Menu .............................................................................. 2-28
2.5.1 APM configuration .................................................... 2-29
2.5.2 Hardware monitor..................................................... 2-31
2.6 Boot Menu ................................................................................ 2-32
2.6.1 Boot Device Priority ................................................. 2-33
2.6.2 Hard Disk Drives ....................................................... 2-33
2.6.3 Boot settings configuration .................................... 2-34
2.6.4 Security ..................................................................... 2-36
2.7 Exit menu.................................................................................. 2-37