Mainboard Bios Setup; About The Bios - Acorp 4D533 User Manual

MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP

3. MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP

3.1 About the BIOS

The Mainboard BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) acts as the bridge between your Hardware
(CPU, Disk Drives, Video, etc.) and Operating System Software (Windows 95, OS/2 and so
on ) The BIOS Setup (also called CMOS Setup) is where many hardware configuration options
are set and stored. This configuration information will remain in the BIOS until it is changed, or
cleared by removing the battery for a while then reinstalling it back or by setting the Clear
CMOS jumper if there is one.
CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) refers to the chip in which the BIOS
information is stored. This mainboard features Award BIOS, which provides an easy to use
Setup program to aid in hardware configuration. In this section we will look at the various
menus and options contained in the Award BIOS Setup Program. This mainboard also
features a Flash BIOS. A Flash BIOS can be upgraded via
software, thereby eliminating the need to actually replace the BIOS Chip on the mainboard.
Procedures for updating the BIOS follow this section. The Award BIOS installed in your
computer system's ROM (Read Only Memory) is a custom version of an industry standard
BIOS. This means that it supports Intel processor in a standard IBM-AT compatible
input/output system.
☆ Using Setup
In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, <Enter> to select or display the possible
selections, <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys to change entries, <F1> for general help and
<Esc> to quit.
An item marked with a indicates that there is a submenu for this item. A gray-out item marked
with an x indicates that the item is not available. The item may be associated with another item
and its availability is dependent on that associated item. Gray-out items are for information
display only and contain no selectable fields.
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