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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup
4.1 Introduction
This chapter discusses the Setup program written in the BIOS. It will
give you a step-by-step guidance to configure your system. The
user-defined configuration is then stored in battery-backed CMOS
RAM, which retains the customized information while the power is off.
4.2 Starting Setup
The BIOS is immediately active when you turn on the computer. While
the BIOS are in control, the Setup program can be activated in one of
two ways:
1.
By pressing <Del> immediately after switching the system on, or
2.
By pressing the <Del> key when the following message appears
at the bottom of the screen during POST (Power On Self-Test):
DEL: Setup F11: Boot Menu F12: Network boot
If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to
enter Setup, restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON
or pressing the "RESET" button on the system case. You may also
restart by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Delete> keys.
If you do not press the keys at the correct time and the system does
not boot, an error message will be displayed and you will again be
asked to...
Press F1 to Run SETUP
Press F2 to load default values and continue
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