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4.1.2 Main Menu
The Main Menu includes the following categories:
Category
Standard CMOS Setup
BIOS Features Setup
Chipset Features Setup
Power Management Setup
PnP/PCI Configuration
CPU/Board Features Setup
Integrated Peripherals
Load Bios Defaults
Load Setup Defaults
Supervisor/User Password
Setting
IDE HDD Auto Detection
Save & Exit
Exit Without Saving
This Setup page includes all the items in a standard, AT-compatible BIOS (date, time,
hard disk type, floppy disk type, video adapter type, memory...).
This Setup page includes all the items of AWARD's special enhanced features.
This Setup page includes all the items of the chipset's special features.
This Setup page sets power conservation options.
This Setup page sets Plug and Play and PCI configuration options.
This Setup page sets processor speed, thermal management and board monitoring
options.
I/O susbsystems that depend on the integrated peripherals controller in your system.
The BIOS defaults are fail safe settings which consist of the safest set of parameters.
Use them if the system is behaving erratically. They should always work but do not
provide optimal system performance.
The Setup defaults are the optimal settings that provide the optimum performance for
all devices and system features. If the CMOS RAM is corrupted, the Setup defaults
are loaded automatically.
Change, set or disable the password. It allows you to limit the access to the system
and the Setup, or only to the Setup.
Forces the detection of the IDE hard disk drives parameters and puts them in the
Standard CMOS Setup page.
After having modified the BIOS Setup, you can save the configuration in CMOS
RAM and the Flash BIOS, by selecting this option.
This option is used to exit AWARD Setup without saving the configuration to CMOS
RAM or Flash BIOS.
4.3
Description
Software Setups
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