Asus M2N68 SE: 2.3 Main menu
2.3 Main menu: Asus M2N68 SE
2.3 Main menu
When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you an
overview of the basic system information.
Refer to section “2.2.1 BIOS menu screen” for information on the menu screen items and
how to navigate through them.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit
Use [ENTER], [TAB]
System Time [19:34:30]
or [SHIFT-TAB] to
System Date [Wed 08/27/2008]
select a eld.
Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
Use [+] or [-] to
Storage Conguration
congure system Time.
Primary IDE Master :[Not Detected]
Primary IDE Slave :[Not Detected]
SATA1 :[Not Detected]
SATA2 :[Not Detected]
SATA3 :[Not Detected]
SATA4 :[Not Detected]
Select Screen
Select Item
+-
Change Field
System Information
Tab Select Field
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
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2.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]
Allows you to set the system time.
2.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
Allows you to set the system date.
2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
Sets the type of oppy drive installed. Conguration options: [Disabled]
[360K, 5.25 in.] [1.2M , 5.25 in.] [720K , 3.5 in.] [1.44M, 3.5 in.] [2.88M, 3.5 in.]
2.3.4 Storage Conguration
The Storage Conguration menu allows you to congure your storage device(s). Select an
item then press <Enter> to display the sub-menu.
Onboard IDE Controller [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the onboard IDE controller.
Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Serial-ATA Devices [Enabled]
Allows you to disable or enable the Serial-ATA devices.
Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
SATA Mode select [SATA Mode]
Conguration options: [SATA Mode] [RAID Mode] [AHCI Mode]
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2.3.5 Primary IDE Master/Slave
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices. There is a
separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item then press <Enter> to display
the IDE device information.
The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor,
Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring).
These values are not user-congurable. These items show Not Detected if no IDE device is
installed in the system.
Type [Auto]
Selects the type of IDE drive. Setting to [Auto] allows automatic selection of the appropriate
IDE device type. Select [CDROM] if you are specically conguring a CD-ROM drive. Select
[ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive.
Conguration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD]
LBA/Large Mode [Auto]
Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the device
supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode disabled.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) M [Auto]
Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When set to [Auto], the data transfer from
and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-sector transfer
feature. When set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector
at a time. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
PIO Mode [Auto]
Selects the PIO mode. Conguration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]
DMA Mode [Auto]
Selects the DMA mode. Conguration options: [Auto]
SMART Monitoring [Auto]
Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.
Conguration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]
32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]
Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
2.3.6 SATA 1~4
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of Serial ATA devices.
There is a separate sub-menu for each SATA device. Select a device item then press
<Enter> to display the SATA device information.
The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size,
LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring). These
values are not user-congurable. These items show Not Detected if no Serial ATA device is
installed in the system.
LBA/Large Mode [Auto]
Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the device
supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode disabled.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
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Block (Multi-sector Transfer) M [Auto]
Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When set to [Auto], the data transfer from
and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-sector transfer
feature. When set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector
at a time. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
PIO Mode [Auto]
Selects the PIO mode. Conguration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]
DMA Mode [Auto]
Selects the DMA mode. Conguration options: [Auto]
SMART Monitoring [Auto]
Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. Conguration options: [Auto]
[Disabled] [Enabled]
32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]
Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
2.3.7 System Information
This menu gives you an overview of the general system specications. The BIOS
automatically detects the items in this menu.
AMI BIOS
Displays the auto-detected BIOS information
Processor
Displays the auto-detected CPU specication
System Memory
Displays the auto-detected system memory
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Оглавление
- Contents
- Contents
- Contents
- Notices
- Safety information
- M2N68 SE specications summary
- 1.1 Welcome!
- 1.4 Before you proceed
- 1.5 Motherboard overview
- 1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- 1.7 System memory
- 1.8 Expansion slots
- 1.9 Jumpers
- 1.10 Connectors
- 1.11 Software support
- 2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
- 2.2 BIOS setup program
- 2.3 Main menu
- 2.4 Advanced menu
- 2.5 Power menu
- 2.6 Boot menu
- 2.7 Tools menu
- 2.8 Exit menu
