
AIMB-580 User Manual
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3.1
Introduction
AMI BIOS has been integrated into many motherboards, and has been very popular
for over a decade. People sometimes refer to the AMI BIOS setup menu as BIOS,
BIOS setup or CMOS setup.
With the AMI BIOS Setup program, you can modify BIOS settings and control the
special features of your computer. The Setup program uses a number of menus for
making changes and turning special features on or off. This chapter describes the
basic navigation of the AIMB-580 setup screens.
3.2
BIOS Setup
The AIMB-580 Series system has build-in AMI BIOS with a CMOS SETUP utility
which allows user to configure required settings or to activate certain system fea-
tures.
The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS RAM of the motherboard.
When the power is turned off, the battery on the board supplies the necessary power
to the CMOS RAM.
When the power is turned on, press the <Del> button during the BIOS POST (Power-
On Self Test) will take you to the CMOS SETUP screen.
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Move to select item
<Enter>
Select Item
<Esc>
Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS
Sub Menu - Exit current page and return to Main Menu
<Page Up/+>
Increase the numeric value or make changes
<Page Down/->
Decrease the numeric value or make changes
<F1>
General help, for Setup Sub Menu
<F2>
Item Help
<F5>
Load Previous Values
<F7>
Load Setup Default
<F10>
Save all CMOS changes
Control Keys
Summary of Contents for AIMB-580
Page 13: ...Chapter 1 1 General Information...
Page 18: ...AIMB 580 User Manual 6 1 6 AIMB 580 Block Diagram Figure 1 3 AIMB 580 Block Diagram...
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Page 25: ...Chapter 2 2 Connecting Peripherals...
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Page 43: ...Chapter 3 3 BIOS Operation...
Page 65: ...Chapter 4 4 Software Introduction and Services...
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Page 69: ...Chapter 5 5 Chipset Software Installation Utility...
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Page 73: ...Chapter 6 6 VGA Setup...
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Page 79: ...Chapter 7 7 LAN Configuration...
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Page 83: ...Chapter 8 8 Turbo Boost Configuration...
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Page 87: ...Appendix A A Programming the Watchdog Timer...