Asus P6300 Series, User Manual

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CHAPTER 3
THE BIOS SETUP
Introduction
The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Setup is a menu driven software utility that enables you to
make changes to the system configuration and tailor your Notebook PC to reflect installed hardware,
alter performance and setup power saving functions. It is a ROM-based program and also can be
flashed with the latest version update through executing a specific BIOS flashing utility program bundled
in the Driver & Utility CD-ROM. (Please see the Chapter 7 for details.)
A battery backed-up CMOS RAM is used to record some basic system hardware information, clock,
date, time, the error handling, and etc., even when the power is off. When the Notebook PC is turned
back on, the system is configured with the values stored in the CMOS RAM.
With easy-to-use menus, you can configure such items through BIOS Setup as:
• Date, time, and clock setting
• Hard disk drives and peripherals
• System-booting Sequence
• Password protection setting
• Power management features