Abit BX6, User Manual

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Chapter 3 3-2
Fig 3-1 CMOS Setup Utility
In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will
explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us
first see a short description of the function keys you may use here:
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Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup.
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Press
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(up, down, left, right) to choose, in the main menu, the
option you want to confirm or to modify.
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Press F10 when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save
these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu.
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Press Page Up/Page Down or +/- keys when you want to modify the BIOS
parameters for the active option.
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CMOS DATA
Maybe you have heard somebody saying that their CMOS DATA was lost. What is the CMOS? Is
it important? The CMOS is the memory used to store the BIOS parameters that you have
configured. This memory is passive. You can read its data, and you can also store data in it. But
this memory has to be powered by a battery, in order to avoid any loss of its data when the
computer is turned off. Since you may have to change the CMOS battery when it is out of power
and if doing so, you will loose all CMOS data, therefore, we recommend that you write down all
the parameters of your hardware, or to put a label with these parameters on your hard disk.