INSTALLATION
INSTALLATION
P6L40-
P6L40-A
A4
4E
E User’s Manual
User’s Manual
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Installing an AGP Card
This mainboard provides an AGP slot to support a new generation of graphics cards with
high performance graphics capability.
Note:
Make sure that the AGP card is firmly seated in the AGP slot. For the card that
complies with the
AGP 1.x specifications
, a slightly more force may be required to fully
insert the card into the slot. For cards that comply with AGP 2.0 and later specifications, the
installation should be relatively easy.
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP
About the BIOS
The
Mainboard BIOS
(Basic Input/Output System) acts as the bridge between your
Hardware
(CPU, Disk Drives, Video, etc.) and Operating System
Software
(Windows 95,
OS/2 and so on…) The BIOS Setup (also called CMOS Setup) is where many hardware
configuration options are set and stored. This configuration information will remain in the
BIOS until it is changed, or cleared by removing the battery for a while then reinstalling it
back.
CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) refers to the chip in which the BIOS
information is stored.
The P6L40-A4E mainboard features
Award BIOS
, which provides an easy to use Setup
program to aid in hardware configuration. In this section we will look at the various menus
and options contained in the Award BIOS Setup Program. This mainboard also features a
“Flash” BIOS. A Flash BIOS can be upgraded via software, thereby eliminating the need to
actually replace the “BIOS Chip” on the mainboard. Procedures for updating the BIOS
follow this section.
The Award BIOS installed in your computer system’s ROM (Read Only Memory) is a
custom version of an industry standard BIOS. This means that it supports Intel processor in
a standard IBM-AT compatible input/output system.
Using Setup
In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the
PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit.
Getting Help
Pressing F1 will display a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and
the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press <Esc>.
