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Chapter 2. BIOS Setup

Introduction

This section describes PHOENIX-AWARD™ BIOS Setup program which resides in the BIOS firmware. The

Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. The configuration information is

then saved to CMOS RAM where the data is sustained by battery after power-down.

The BIOS provides critical low-level support for standard devices such as disk drives, serial ports and

parallel ports. As well, the BIOS control the first stage of the boot process, loading and executing the

operating system.

The PHOENIX-AWARD

BIOS installed in your computer system’s ROM is a custom version of an industry

standard BIOS. This means that it supports the BIOS of Intel

based processors.

This version of the PHOENIX-AWARD

BIOS includes additional features such as virus and password

protection as well as special configurations for fine-tuning the system chipset. The defaults for the BIOS

values contained in this document may vary slightly with the version installed in your system.

Key Function

In general, you can use the arrow keys to highlight options, press <Enter> to select, use the <PgUp> and

<PgDn> keys to change entries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit. The following table provides

more detail about how to navigate within the BIOS Setup program.

Keystroke Function

Up arrow Move to previous option

Down arrow Move to next option

Left arrow Move to the option on the left (menu bar)

Right arrow Move to the option on the right (menu bar)

Esc Main Menu: Quit without saving changes

Submenus: Exit Current page to the next higher level menu

Move Enter Move to the option you desire

PgUp key Increase the numeric value or enter changes

PgDn key Decrease the numeric value or enter changes

+ Key Increase the numeric value or enter changes

- Key Decrease the numeric value or enter changes

Esc key Main Menu – Quit and do not save changes into CMOS

Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu – Exit

Current page and return to Main Menu

F1 key General help on Setup navigation keys

F5 key Load previous values from CMOS

F6 key Load the defaults from BIOS default table

F7 key Load the turbo defaults

F10 key Save all the CMOS changes and exit

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