the power is turned off. In general, the information saved in the
CMOS RAM stay unchanged unless there is configuration
change in the system, such as hard drive replacement or new
equipment change.
It is possible that CMOS had a battery failure which cause data
lose in CMOS RAM. If so, re-enter system configuration
parameters become necessary.
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 to the operating system.
While the BIOS is in control, the Setup program can be activated
in one of the two ways:
1. By pressing <Del> immediately after switching 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 or pressing the “RESET” button on the system case.
You may also restart by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt>,
and <Del> keys. 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 asked to …
PRESS <F1> TO CONTINUE, <Del> TO ENTER SETUP
3. BIOS SOFTWARE
3-2
AWARD BIOS Setup Program
To turn on (or reboot) the system and press the [Del] key to
enter the AWARD BIOS setup screen as following:
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