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2-2 Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. Award BIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a
bootable floppy disk.)
2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy
disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets
corrupted.)
3. ASUS EZ Flash (Updates the BIOS in DOS using a floppy disk or the
motherboard support CD.)
4. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy
disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original
motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AwardBIOS Flash utilities.
2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press <Enter>.
Windows® XP environment
a. Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows
®
desktop, then select My Computer.
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 1/2
Floppy Disk window appears.
e. Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options
field, then click Start.
Windows® 2000 environment
To create a set of boot disks for Windows
®
2000:
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive.
- Motherboard 1
- First Edition 2
- January 2006 2
- Table of contents 3
- Contents 5
- Safety information 7
- About this guide 8
- Typography 9
- A8V-XE specifications summary 10
- Product 13
- 1.1 Welcome! 14
- 1.2 Package contents 14
- 1.3 Special features 15
- 1.4 Before you proceed 17
- 1.5 Motherboard overview 18
- 1.5.3 Motherboard layout 19
- 1.6.2 Installling the CPU 20
- 1.6.1 Overview 20
- Retention Module Base 22
- CPU Heatsink 22
- Retention bracket lock 22
- Retention bracket 22
- Rotation 23
- 1.7 System memory 24
- (blue sockets) 25
- DDR400 Qualified Vendors List 26
- 1.7.4 Removing a DIMM 27
- 1.7.3 Installing a DIMM 27
- 1.8 Expansion slots 28
- 1.8.4 PCI slots 30
- 1.8.3 PCI Express x1 slot 30
- 1.8.5 PCI Express x16 slot 30
- 1.9 Jumpers 31
- A8V-XE USB Device Wake Up 32
- 1.10.1 Rear panel connectors 33
- 1.10.2 Rear panel connectors 34
- NOTE: Orient the red markings 35
- (usually zigzag) on the IDE 35
- A8V-XE SATA Connectors 36
- A8V-XE ATX Power Connectors 39
- Right Audio Channel 40
- Left Audio Channel 40
- Requires an ATX power supply 42
- BIOS setup 43
- DOS environment 44
- Windows® XP environment 44
- Windows® 2000 environment 44
- 2.1.2 Updating the BIOS 45
- 2-4 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 46
- ASUS A8V-XE 2-5 47
- 2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 48
- 2.1.5 ASUS EZ Flash utility 50
- 2.1.6 ASUS Update utility 51
- 2-10 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 52
- 2.2 BIOS setup program 54
- 2.2.2 Menu bar 55
- 2.2.1 BIOS menu screen 55
- 2.2.4 Menu items 56
- 2.2.5 Sub-menu items 56
- 2.2.6 Configuration fields 56
- 2.2.3 Legend bar 56
- 2.2.7 Pop-up window 57
- 2.2.8 General help 57
- 2.3 Main menu 58
- Slave [Auto] 59
- Access Mode [Auto] 59
- 2.4 Advanced menu 61
- CPU Multiplier [Auto] 62
- Hammer Vid control [Startup] 62
- 2.4.2 CPU Configuration 63
- 2.4.3 Chipset 63
- 2-22 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 64
- 2.4.4 PCIPnP 65
- IRQ Resources 66
- Assign IRQ for VGA [Enabled] 66
- Maximum Payload Size [4096] 66
- ASUS A8V-XE 2-25 67
- 2.4.6 USB Configuration 68
- 2.5 Power menu 69
- 2.5.3 APM Configuration 70
- 2.5.4 Hardware Monitor 71
- 2.6 Boot menu 72
- 2.6.1 Boot Device Priority 73
- 2.6.2 Removable Drives 73
- 2.6.3 Hard Disk Drives 73
- 2-32 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 74
- 2.6.5 Security 75
- Password Check 76
- 2.7 Exit menu 77
- Load Setup Defaults 78
- Discard Changes 78
- Software 79
- 3.2 Support CD information 80
- 3.2.2 Drivers menu 81
- 3.2.3 Utilities menu 82
- 3.2.4 Make Disk menu 83
- 3.2.5 Manuals menu 84
- ASUS A8V-XE 3-7 85
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