Bios Introduction - Advantech PCA-6743 User Manual

3.1

BIOS Introduction

Advantech provide full-featured AwardBIOS 6.0 and delivers the superior perfor-
mance, compatibility and functionality that manufactures of Industry PC and Embed-
ded boards, it's many options and extensions let you customize your products to a
wide range of designs and target markets.
The modular, adaptable AwardBIOS 6.0 supports the broadest range of third-party
peripherals and all popular chipsets, plus Intel, AMD, nVidia, VIA, and compatible
CPUs from 386 through Pentium and AMD Geode, K7 and K8 (including multiple pro-
cessor platforms), and VIA Eden C3 and C7 CPU.
You can use Advantech's utilities to select and install features to suit your designs for
customers need.
3.2 BIOS Setup
The PCA-6743 has build-in AwardBIOS with a CMOS SETUP utility which allows
user to configure required settings or to activate certain system features.
The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS RAM of the motherboard.
When the power is turned off, the battery on the board supplies the necessary power
to the CMOS RAM.
When the power is turned on, press the <Del> button during the BIOS POST (Power-
On Self Test) will take you to the CMOS SETUP screen.
CONTROL KEYS
< >< ><
<Enter>
<Esc>
<Page Up/+>
<Page Down/->
<F1>
<F2>
<F5>
<F7>
<F10>
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Move to select item
>< >
Select Item
Main Menu - Quit without saving changes into CMOS
Sub Menu - Exit current page and return to Main Menu
Increase the numeric value or make changes
Decrease the numeric value or make changes
General help, for Setup Sub Menu
Item Help
Load Previous Values
Load Optimized Default
Save all CMOS changes
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