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4
AMI BIOS SETUP
4.1
Introduction
This manual discusses AMI's Setup program built into the ROM
BIOS.
The Setup program allows users to modify the basic
system configuration. This special information is then stored in
battery-backed RAM so that it retains the Setup information
when the power is turned off.
4.2
Starting Setup
The AMI BIOS is immediately activated when you first power on
the
computer.
The
contained in the CMOS and begins the process of checking out
the system and configuring it. When it finishes, the BIOS will
seek an operating system on one of the disks and then launch
and turn control over to the operating system.
While the BIOS is 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 briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST.
Press DEL to enter SETUP.
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>,
BIOS
reads
the
25
system
information
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