Bios Setup; Bios Setup Utility - ReliOn R1700 User Manual

4 BIOS Setup

This section describes the BIOS Setup Utility options. You can run BIOS Setup with or without
an operating system being present. Onboard devices are configured with the BIOS Setup utility
that is embedded in flash ROM.
The configuration utilities allow you to modify the CMOS RAM and NVRAM. The actual
hardware configuration is accomplished by the BIOS POST routines and the BIOS Plug-N-Play
auto-configuration manager. The configuration utilities update a checksum for both areas, so
potential data corruption is detected by the BIOS before the hardware configuration is saved. If
the data is corrupted, the BIOS requests that the user reconfigure the system and reboot.
Because the BIOS code is the most often changed part of the motherboard design,
the BIOS information described in this section may be a little different compared to
the actual BIOS that contained in your motherboard.

4.1 BIOS Setup Utility

This section describes the ROM-resident setup utility that provides the means to configure the
platform. The BIOS Setup utility is part of the system BIOS and allows limited control over
onboard resources.
The user can disable embedded PCI devices through the setup menus. When these devices are
disabled through setup, their resources are freed.
The following embedded devices can be disabled through setup menus, making them invisible
to a plug-and-play operating system that scans the PCI bus:
Onboard NIC 1 and NIC 2 embedded in Intel
Onboard ASpeed AST2050 VGA
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