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CHAPTER 3.
AWAR
D BIOS SETUP
Award‘ s ROM BIOS provides a built-in Setup program that allows the user to modify the
basic system configuration and settings. The modified data will be stored in a battery-
backed CMOS RAM so that this data will be retained even when the power is turned off.
In general, the information saved in the CMOS RAM will stay unchanged unless there is
a configuration change in the system, such as hard drive replacement or new equipment
is installed.
3.1 R
UNNING
AWARD BIOS
The Setup Utility is stored in the BIOS ROM. When the power of the computer system
is turned on, a screen message appears to give you an opportunity to call up the Setup
Utility; while the BIOS will enter the Power On Self Test (POST) routines. The
POST routines perform various diagnostic checks while initializing the board hardware.
If the routines encounter an error during the tests, the error will be reported in either of
two different ways, a series of short beeps will be heard or an error message on the
screen will be displayed. There are two kinds of errors: fatal and non-fatal. The
system can usually continue the boot up sequence with non-fatal errors. Non-fatal
error messages usually appear on the screen along with the following instructions:
“ Press <F1> to RESUME ”
Write down the message and press the F1 key to continue the boot up sequence.
After the POST routines are completed, the following message appears:
“ Press DEL to enter SETUP ”
Entering Setup
Turn on the power of the computer system and press <Del> immediately. If you don’ t
have the chance to respond, reset the system by simultaneously pressing the <Ctrl>,
<Alt> and <Delete> keys, or by pushing the ‘ Reset ’ button on the system cabinet.
You can also restart the computer by turning the system OFF then ON.