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BIOS Introduction
This Chapter discusses Award™ Setup program built into
the
TR-LCD1 9 00-ITX- 7
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 AwardBIOS™ installed in
TR-LCD1 9 00-ITX- 7 is a custom
version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it
supports Intel Core 2 Duo in a standard IBM-AT
compatible input/output system. The BIOS provides
critical low-level support for standard devices such as
disk drives and serial and parallel ports.
It also adds non-standard, features such as virus and
password protection as well as special support for
detailed fine-tuning of the chipset controlling the entire
system.
The rest of this chapter is intended to guide you through
the process of configuring your system using Setup.
Starting Setup
The AwardBIOS™ 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).
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