Award Bios Setup Guide; Award Bios Setup - DTK PAM-0057I User Manual

CHAPTER 4
This following manual is specially provided for the BIOS supported system.
configuration of the mainboard, and have assembled the components, user can turn on the
completed system. At this point, run the software setup to ensure that the system information is
correct.
The software setup of the system board is achieved through Basic Input-Output System (BIOS)
programming. Use the BIOS setup program to tell the operating system what type of devices
(such as disk drives) are connected to the system board.
The system setup is also called CMOS setup. Normally, users need to run system setup if either
the hardware configuration is not identical with information contained in the CMOS RAM, or the
CMOS RAM has lost power.
4.1

AWARD BIOS SETUP

The setup program provided with mainboard is the Award BIOS from Award
Software, Inc. Enter the AWARD Setup program's Main Menu as follows:
1. Turn on or reboot the system. After a series of diagnostic check, the following
message appear:
AWARD BIOS SETUP
GUIDE
"Press DEL to enter SETUP"
After the
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