Chapter 3 Setting The Bios; Introduction; How To Use The Phoenix-Award Bios Setup Program - AOpen I965GMT-LA Manual

Chapter 3 Setting the BIOS

3.1 Introduction

System parameters can be modifi ed by going into BIOS Setup menu; this
menu allows you to confi gure the system parameters and save the
confi guration into the 128 byte CMOS area (normally in the RTC chip or in the
main chipset).
The Phoenix-Award BIOS™ that is installed in the Flash ROM of the
motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS. The BIOS
provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as hard disk
drives, serial and parallel ports.
AOpen's R&D engineering team has optimized most BIOS settings of this
motherboard. However, some default settings of the BIOS cannot fi ne-tune
items that are controlled by chipset. Therefore, this chapter is intended to guide
you and help you to confi gure some other settings. To enter the BIOS setup
menu, press <Del> when POST (Power-On Self Test) screen is shown on your
monitor.
Note:
Because BIOS code is the most often changed part on motherboard, the BIOS
information contained in this manual may be different from the BIOS version
that comes with your motherboard.

3.2 How to use the Phoenix-Award BIOS Setup Program

Generally, you can use arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose,
press <Enter> key to select, and use <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys to
change setting values. You can press <Esc> key to quit Phoenix-Award™
BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use the
keyboard in the Phoenix-Award™ BIOS setup program.
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