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8. BIOS Setup
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8. BIOS Setup
Introduction
This chapter discusses Award’s Setup program built into the FLASH ROM BIOS. The Setup program
allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This special information is then stored in
battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.
The rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through the process of configuring your system using
Setup.
Starting Setup
The Award BIOS is immediately activated when you first power on the computer. The BIOS reads the
system information contained in the CMOS and begins the process of checking out the system and
configuring it. When it finishes, the BIOS will seek an operating system on one of the disks and then
launch and turn control over to the operating system.
While the BIOS is in control, the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways:
1 By pressing <Del> immediately after switching the system on, or
2 By pressing the <Del> key when the following message appears briefly at the bottom of the screen
during the POST (Power On Self-Test).
Press DEL to enter SETUP.
If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system to try
again by turning it OFF then ON. If USB Keyboard Support is set to “Enabled”, restart can be initiated by
pressing the <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Delete> keys simultaneously. If you do not press the keys at the correct
time and the system does not boot, an error message will be displayed and you will again be asked to.
Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP