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In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3, you can see several
options. We will explain these options step by step in the following
pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the
function keys you may use here:
❖
Press
Esc
to quit the BIOS Setup.
❖
Press
➔
(up, down, left, right) to choose, in the
main menu, the option you want to confirm or to modify.
❖
Press
F10
when you have completed the setup of BIOS
parameters to save these parameters and to exit the BIOS
Setup menu.
❖
Press Page Up/Page Down or +/- keys when you want
to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option.
CMOS DATA
Maybe you have heard somebody saying that their CMOS DATA
was lost. What is the CMOS? Is it important? The CMOS is the
memory used to store the BIOS parameters that you have
configured. This memory is passive. You can read its data, and you
can also store data in it. But this memory has to be powered by a
battery, in order to avoid any loss of its data when the computer is
turned off. Since you may have to change the CMOS battery when
it is out of power and if doing that, you will loose all CMOS data,
therefore, we recommend that you write down all the parameters
of your hardware, or to put a label with these parameters on your
hard disk.
CPU Setup
[
CPU SOFT MENU™
]
The CPU can be setup through a programmable switch (CPU
SOFT MENU™
), that replaces traditional manual hardware
configuration. This feature allows the user to complete more easily
the installation procedures. You can install the CPU without
