User manual ASUS M2E BIOS MANUAL

[. . . ] Notebook PC Configuring the BIOS BIOS Setup Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Updating your BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Primary Master (sub-menu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Secondary Master (sub-menus) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Note that Logical Block Access may decrease the access speed of the hard disk. However, LBA Mode is necessary for drives with greater than 504MB in storage capacity. The configuration options are: [LBA] [LARGE] [Normal] [Match Partition Table] [Manual] 7 5 Configuring the BIOS ] Cylinders [ This field configures the number of cylinders. Refer to your drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field. NOTE: To make changes to this field, the Type field must be set to User Type HDD and "Translation Method" must be set to Manual. Heads [ ] This field configures the number of read/write heads. Refer to your drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field. NOTE: To make changes to this field, the Type field must be set to User Type HDD and "Translation Method" must be set to Manual. Sectors [ ] This field configures the number of sectors per track. Refer to your drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field. Set to Disable to suppress Ultra DMA capability. NOTE: To make changes to this field, the Type field must be set to User Type HDD. The configuration options are: [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [Disabled]. The following is for your reference: Mode 0 = 16. 7MB/s Mode 2 = 33. 3MB/s (ATA/33) Mode 4 = 66. 7MB/s (ATA/66) Mode 1 = 25. 0MB/s Mode 3 = 44. 4MB/s Mode 5 = 100MB/s (ATA/100) NOTE: After using the legend keys to make your selections on this sub-menu, press the [Esc] key to exit back to the Main menu. When the Main menu appears, you will notice that the drive size appears in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured. Secondary Master (sub-menus) This field is used to configure the secondary IDE drive installed in the system. To configure a hard disk drive, select this sub-menu from the Main menu and press the Enter key to enter this sub-menu. The fields and options on this sub-menu are the same as the previous menu described earlier. Leave on the default setting of Auto. Secondary Master [UJDA340] Item Specific Help Type PIO Mode ULTRA DMA Mode [Auto] [4] [Disabled] <Enter> to select the type of the IDE drive. [User Type HDD] allows you to set each entry on your own. NOTE: The Secondary drive displayed here is for example only. The actual display will be dependent on the drive you have installed in your Notebook PC. After using the legend keys to make your selections in this sub-menu, press the [Esc] key to return to the Main menu. 9 5 Configuring the BIOS Display Menu Selecting Display from the main menu bar displays the Display menu as shown below. Item Specific Help Display Memory Size [16MB] <Enter> to set VGA shared memory size. It's important to note the more memory size of display, the less system memory. It's better to reserve system memory not less than 96MB. Display Memory Size [16 MB] The display memory is shared with the system memory. This sets the memory allocated to the display. [. . . ] Press <+> to move the device up the list, or <-> to move it down the list. Boot Sequence 1. Removable Device IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD-ROM Other Boot Device Onboard LAN Boot ROM - Select Network drive bootup capability as [Disabled] or [Enabled]. The Boot menu allows you to select among the three possible boot devices listed using the up and down arrow keys . By using the [+] or [Shift =] keys, you can promote devices and by using the [-] key, you can demote devices. Press [Enter] to select the specific device or Disabled to never boot from that device. [. . . ]