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CHAPTER 4 AWARD BIOS SETUP
4-1 Introduction
This chapter will show you the function of the BIOS in managing the features of your system.
The PLP-P61x Intel® Core 2 Duo/ Core Solo Mini-ATX Motherboard is equipped with the BIOS for
system chipset from Phoenix -Award Software Inc. This page briefly explains the function of the BIOS
in managing the special features of your system. The following pages describe how to use the BIOS
for system chipset Setup menu.
Your application programs (such as word processing, spreadsheets, and games) rely on an
operating system such as DOS or OS/2 to manage such things as keyboard, monitor, disk drives, and
memory.
The operating system relies on the BIOS (Basic Input and Output system), a program stored on a
ROM (Read-only Memory) chip, to initialize and configure your computer's hardware. As the inter-
face between the hardware and the operating system, the BIOS enables you to make basic changes
to your system's hardware without having to write a new operating system.
The following diagram illustrates the interlocking relationships between the system hardware, BIOS,
operating system, and application program:
