Asus M2N-VM DH Manual page 4

Contents
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................ 2-2
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.2 BIOS setup program ............................................................ 2-12
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.2.5
2.2.6
2.2.7
2.2.8
2.3 Main menu ........................................................................... 2-16
2.3.1
2.3.2
2.3.3
2.3.4
2.3.5
2.3.6
2.3.7
2.3.8
2.4 Advanced menu .................................................................. 2-21
2.4.1
2.4.2
2.4.3
2.4.4
2.4.5
2.4.6
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ASUS Update utility ................................................ 2-2
Creating a bootable floppy disk .............................. 2-5
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ............................................ 2-6
Updating the BIOS ................................................... 2-7
Saving the current BIOS file .................................... 2-9
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility .............................. 2-10
BIOS menu screen ................................................. 2-13
Menu bar ............................................................... 2-13
Legend bar ............................................................ 2-14
Menu items ........................................................... 2-14
Sub-menu items .................................................... 2-14
Configuration fields ............................................... 2-14
Pop-up window ...................................................... 2-15
General help .......................................................... 2-15
System Time ......................................................... 2-16
System Date ......................................................... 2-16
Legacy Diskette A ................................................ 2-16
Primary IDE Master/Slave ...................................... 2-17
SATA 1-4 .............................................................. 2-19
HDD SMART Monitoring ......................................... 2-19
Installed Memory ................................................... 2-19
Usable Memory ...................................................... 2-19
JumperFree Configuration ...................................... 2-21
CPU Configuration ................................................. 2-23
Chipset .................................................................. 2-23
PCIPnP ................................................................... 2-26
Onboard Devices Configuration ............................. 2-27
USB Configuration ................................................. 2-30