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IV. BIOS SOFTWARE
6. BIOS Setup
IV. BIOS
BIOS Setup
The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips: 5-Volt and
12-Volt. Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades
are released. Use the Flash Memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS
file into the ROM chip as described in detail in this section.
All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the
system configuration and settings. If your motherboard came in a computer
system, the proper configuration entries may have already been made. If so,
invoke the Setup utility, as described later, and take note of the configuration
settings for future reference; in particular, the hard disk specifications.
If you are installing the motherboard, reconfiguring your system or you re-
ceive a Run Setup message, you will need to enter new setup information.
This section describes how to configure your system using this utility.
The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility. When you turn on the
computer, the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program.
This appears during the Power-On Self Test (POST). Press <Delete> to call
up the Setup utility. If you are a little bit late pressing the mentioned key(s),
POST will continue with its test routines, thus preventing you from calling up
Setup. If you still need to call Setup, reset the system by pressing <Ctrl> +
<Alt> + <Delete>, or by pressing the Reset button on the system case. You
can also restart by turning the system off and then back on again. But do so
only if the first two methods fail.
When you invoke Setup, the CMOS SETUP UTILITY main program screen
will appear with the following options: