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Award BIOS and CMOS Setup Utility
GETTING START
All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the system configuration and
settings. If your motherboard came in a computer system, the proper configuration entries may have
already been made.
This motherboard has been programmed with Award BIOS setup utility. The setup utility program is stored
inside the on-board programmable Flash ROM chip. This Setup program allows user to modify the basic
system configuration. The system configuration is stored in the battery backup CMOS RAM (inside the
real time clock chip) so that it retains the setup information when the power is turned off. This chapter
explains the setup utility for the Award BIOS.
ENTERING SETUP
When you turn on the computer, the system allows you an opportunity to enter the BIOS Setup utility.
During the POST (Power On Self Test), you can see the below message appears at the bottom of the
screen, press <Del> key or simultaneously press <Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Esc> keys.
Press DEL to enter SETUP, ESC to skip memory test
If the message disappears before you respond, POST will continue with its test routines, thus preventing
you from calling up the Setup utility. However, if you still want to enter Setup, restart the system to try
again by turning it OFF and then ON or pressing the "RESET" button on the system case. You may also
restart your system 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 up, and error message below may be displayed and
you will again be asked to,
PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-DEL TO ENTER SETUP
Summary of Control Keys
Up arrow
Move to previous item
Down arrow
Move to next item
Left arrow
Move to the item in the left hand
Right arrow
Move to the item in the right hand
Esc key
Main Menu -- Quit and not save changes into CMOS
Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu -- Exit current page and return to Main Menu
PgUp key
Increase the numeric value or make changes
PgDn key
Decrease the numeric value or make changes
+ key
Increase the numeric value or make changes
- key
Decrease the numeric value or make changes
F1 key
General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu
(Shift)F2 key
Change color from total 16 colors. F2 to select color forward, (Shift) F2 to select color backward
F3 key
Calendar, only for Status Page Setup Menu
F5 key
Restore the previous CMOS value from CMOS, only for Option Page Setup Menu
F6 key
Load the default CMOS value from BIOS default table, only for Option Page Setup Menu
F7 key
Load the setup default, only for Option Page Setup Menu
F10 key
Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu
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