Asus M4A79XTD - Motherboard - ATX - Page 4

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Contents
2.7.3 Internal connectors....................................................................2-25
2.7.4. ASUS Q-Connector (system panel) ..........................................
2-34
2.8 Starting up for the rst time ....................................................................
2-35
2.9 Turning off the computer .........................................................................
2-35
Chapter 3: BIOS setup
3.1 Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................ 3-1
3.2 Updating BIOS ............................................................................................
3-1
3.2.1 ASUS Update utility
..................................................................... 3-2
3.2.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ...............................................................
3-4
3.2.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
................................................... 3-5
3.3 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................
3-6
3.3.1 BIOS menu screen ......................................................................
3-6
3.3.2 Menu bar .....................................................................................
3-6
3.3.3 Navigation keys ...........................................................................
3-7
3.3.4 Menu items
.................................................................................. 3-7
3.3.5 Submenu items ...........................................................................
3-7
3.3.6 Conguration elds .....................................................................
3-7
3.3.7 Pop-up window
............................................................................ 3-7
3.3.8 Scroll bar .....................................................................................
3-7
3.3.9 General help
................................................................................ 3-7
3.4 Main menu ..................................................................................................
3-8
3.4.1
Primary IDE Master/Slave; SATA 1-6 .......................................... 3-8
3.4.2 Storage Conguration ...............................................................
3-10
3.4.3 System Information ...................................................................
3-11
3.5 Advanced menu .......................................................................................
3-11
3.5.1 JumperFree Conguration ........................................................
3-12
3.5.2 CPU Conguration ....................................................................
3-16
3.5.3 Chipset ......................................................................................
3-17
3.5.4 Onboard Devices Conguration ................................................
3-18
3.5.5 USB Conguration ....................................................................
3-19
3.5.6 PCIPnP .....................................................................................
3-20
3.6 Power menu ..............................................................................................
3-21
3.6.1 Suspend Mode ..........................................................................
3-21
3.6.2 ACPI 2.0 Support ......................................................................
3-21
3.6.3 ACPI APIC Support ...................................................................
3-21
3.6.4 APM Conguration ....................................................................
3-22
3.6.5 Hardware Monitor
...................................................................... 3-23