Teknor Industrial Computers VIPer 821, Technical Reference Manual

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4. BIOS SETUP PROGRAM
To run the AWARD Setup program incorporated in the ROM BIOS proceed as follows:
1. Turn on or reboot the system.
2. Hit the DELETE key before or when the message - "
PRESS DEL TO ENTER SETUP
"
appears near the bottom of the screen.
3. The main menu appears on the screen.
The following options are available:
Option Description
Standard CMOS Setup
This Setup page includes all the items in a standard, AT-compatible BIOS (date,
time, hard disk type, floppy disk type, video adapter type, memory…).
BIOS Features Setup Use this screen to set all the items of AWARD’s special enhanced features.
Chipset Features Setup Use this screen to set all the items of the chipset’s special features.
Power Manag. Setup
Use this screen to set power conservation options.
PnP/PCI Configuration
Use this screen to set plug and play and PCI configuration options.
Integrated Peripherals
I/O susbsystems that depend on the integrated peripheral controllers in your
system.
Supervisor/User
Password Setting
Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to the system and
the Setup, or just to the Setup.
IDE HDD Auto
Detection
Automatically detect and configure IDE hard disk parameters.
HDD Low Level
Format
This option does not appear in many BIOS versions. Most manufacturers
of IDE hard drives strongly recommend that you do not run a low-level
format on their drives, because of the danger that the bad-track table may
be over-written. Award supplies this utility for service personnel only.
If you need to run a low-level format on your hard drive, contact your
drive manufacturer for instructions!
Load Bios Defaults
(Safe)
The BIOS defaults are fail safe settings which consist of the safest set of
parameters. Use them if the system is behaving erratically. They should always
work but do not provide optimal system performance.
Load Setup Defaults
(Optimal)
The Setup defaults are optimal settings that provide optimum performance for all
devices and system features. If CMOS RAM is corrupted, the Setup defaults are
loaded automatically.
Save and Exit Use this option to save the configuration in CMOS and Flash memory.
Exit without Saving Exits the AWARD Setup without saving the configuration to CMOS RAM.