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3. BIOS CONFIGURATION
This chapter describes the different settings available in the Award BIOS that comes with the AR-B1661 CPU card.
The topics covered in this chapter are as follows:
! BIOS Introduction
! BIOS Setup
! Standard CMOS Features
! Advanced Chipset Features
! Integrated Peripherals
! Power Management Setup
! PNP/PCI Configuration
! Load Fail-Safe Defaults
! Load Optimized Defaults
! Set Supervisor Password
! Set User Password
! Save & Exit Setup
! Exit Without Saving
3.1 BIOS INTRODUCTION
The Award BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) installed in your computer system’s ROM supports Intel Pentium II
processors in a standard IBM-AT compatible I/O system. The BIOS provides critical low-level support for a
standard device such as disk drives, serial ports and parallel ports. It also adds virus and password protection as
well as special support for detailed fine-tuning of the chipset controlling the entire system.
3.2 BIOS SETUP
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 are a little
bit late pressing 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, the Main Menu screen will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to
select from various setup functions and exit choices.
Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility
STANDARD CMOS FEATURES LOAD FAIL-SAFE DEFAULTS
ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS
ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES SET SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ISET USER PASSWORD
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP SAVE & EXIT SETUP
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
ESC : Quit F9 : Menu in Bios $ % & ' : Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color
Time, Date, Hard Disk Type……….