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Award BIOS Setup
The mainboard comes with the Award BIOS chip that contains the ROM Setup
information of your system. This chip serves as an interface between the
processor and the rest of the mainboard's components. This chapter explains the
information contained in the Setup program and tells you how to modify the
settings according to your system configuration.
CMOS Setup Utility
A Setup program, built into the system BIOS, is stored in the CMOS RAM that
allows the configuration settings to be changed. This program is executed when
the user changes system configuration; the user changes system backup battery;
or the system detects a configuration error and asks the user to run the Setup
program. At power-on RAM testing, the message Press DEL to enter Setup
appears. Use the arrow keys to select and press Enter to run the selected
program.
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