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The Main Menu includes the following categories:
Standard CMOS
Setup
BIOS Features
Setup
Chipset Features
Setup
Power Management
Setup
PnP/PCI
Configuration
Integrated
Peripherals
Supervisor/User
Password Setting
IDE HDD Auto
Detection
HDD Low Level
Format
Load BIOS
Defaults
Load Setup
Defaults
This Setup page includes all the items in a standard, AT-
compatible BIOS.
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 Local Bus
configuration options.
I/O sub-systems that depend on the integrated peripherals
controller in your system.
Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access to
the system and the Setup, or just to the Setup.
Automatically detect and configure hard disk parameters. This
ability is included in the event you are uncertain of your hard
disk's parameters.
This option does not appear in many BIOS versions. Most
manufacturers of IDE hard drives strongly recommend that you
do not run a low-level format on their drives, because of the
danger that the bad-track table may be over-written. Award
supplies this utility for service personnel only.
If you feel you need to run a low-level format on your hard
drive, contact your drive manufacturer for instructions!
The BIOS defaults represent settings that provide the minimum
requirements for your system to operate.
The chipset defaults are settings that provide for maximum
system performance.
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BIOS Setups
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