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Motherboard User's Guide
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Utility
Introduction
The BIOS Setup Utility records settings and information of your
computer, such as date and time, the type of hardware installed, and
various configuration settings. Your computer applies the information to
initialize all the components when booting up and basic functions of
coordination between system components.
If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect, it may cause the system to
malfunction. It can even stop your computer booting properly. If it
happens, you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory
which has stored the configuration information; or you can hold down the
Page Up key while rebooting your computer. Holding down the Page Up
key also clears the setup information.
You can run the setup utility and manually change the configuration. You
might need to do this to configure some hardware installed in or connected
to the motherboard, such as the CPU, system memory, disk drives, etc.
Running the Setup Utility
Every time you start your computer, a message appears on the screen
before the operating system loading that prompts you to "Hit <DEL>if
you want to run SETUP". Whenever you see this message, press the
Delete key, and the Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your
monitor.
Standard CMOS Setup
Advanced BIOS Features
Advanced Chipset Features
Integrated Peripherals
Power Management Setup
PnP/PCI Configurations
PC Health Status
F1: General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fial-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
You can use cursor arrow keys to highlight anyone of options on the main
menu page. Press Enter to select the highlighted option. Press the Escape
key to leave the setup utility. Press +/-/ to modify the selected field's
values.
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Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit
Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...
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Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
Set User Password
Save & Exit Setup
Exit without Saving
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