AMD K3780E - Manual (Page 28)

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Chapter 2 BIOS Setup
2.1 Main Menu
The Award BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) installed in your computer system’s.
The BIOS provides for a standard device such as disk drives, serial ports and parallel ports. It
also adds password protection as well as special support for detailed fine-tuning of the chipset
controlling the entire system.
The Award BIOS provides a Setup utility program for specifying the system configurations and
settings. The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility.
When you turn on the computer, the Award BIOS is immediately activated. Pressing the <Del>
key immediately allows you to enter the Setup utility. If you a little bit late press the <Del> key,
POST (Power On Self Test) will continue with its test routines, thus preventing you from invoking
the Setup. If you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system by pressing the “Reset” button or
simultaneously pressing the <Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Delete> keys. You can also restart by turning the
system Off and back On again.
The following message will appear on the screen:
Press <DEL> to Enter Setup
In general, you press the arrow keys to highlight items, <Enter> to select, the <PgUp> and
<PgDn> keys to change entries, <F1> for help and <Esc> to quit. When you enter the Setup utility,