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2. BIOS Installation
2.1 Turn On the Power
Introduction
In the system unit, there is an integrated circuit(IC), in which the basic
input/output system (BIOS) is stored. It is the built-in software that
determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from
a disk. On PCs, the BIOS contains all the code required to control the
keyboard, display screen, disk drivers, serial communications, and a
number of miscellaneous functions. The BIOS is typically placed in a ROM
chip that comes with the computer. The BIOS keeps a record of variables of
system parameters which can determine the functions of the computer.
System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu;
this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the
configuration into the 128 bytes area (normally in the RTC chip or in the
main chipset).
The Phoenix-Award BIOS that installed in the flash ROM of the
motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS
provides critical fundamental support for standard input and output devices
such as hard disk drives, serial and parallel ports, optical devices, etc.
In most cases, you are not required to change the BIOS settings because our
R&D engineering team has been optimizing most BIOS settings to meet
the general requirements for the average users. Our BIOS is designed to
allow the experienced users changes a certain settings to meet their specific
requirements. This chapter is intended to explain how to change some
settings. To enter BIOS setup menu, press <Del> when POST( Power-On
Self Test) screen is shown on your video monitor.on your video monitor.
Note: Because BIOS code has been updated from time to time to meet
the latest customers' requirement, the BIOS information contained in this
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