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Contents
Chapter 1- Overview
1.1 Features
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1.2 Specif ications
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Chapter 2- Quick Installation
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Chapter 3- Hardware Installation
3.1 Preparation and Inspection
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3.2 Placement
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3.3 CPU group
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3.4 Cache Memory
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3.5 D-RAM Conf iguration
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3.7 Creative Sound
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3.8 IDE Interf ace
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3.9 USB
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3.10 Enhanced Multi-IO
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3.11 Other
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Chapter 4- Award BIOS Setup
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4.1 Entering Setup
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4.2 Standard CMOS Setup
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4.3 BIOS Features Setup
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4.4 Chipset Feature Setup
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4.5 Power Management Setup
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4.6 PNP/PCI Conf iguration
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4.7 Integrated Peripherals
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4.8 Load Setup Def aults
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4.9 Supervisor/User Password
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4.10 IDE HDD Auto Detection
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4.11 HDD Low Level Format
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4.12 Save & Exit Setup
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4.13
Exit
Without Saving
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