VIA 82C694 ATX Mainboard
4.
AWARD BIOS SETUP
4.1 GETTING STARTED
When you turn the system powered on or reset the PC system, the system BIOS will
enter the POST routines (Power On Self Test routines). POST will execute a series of
diagnostics and system initialization, and you will see the copyright message displayed
on the screen.) In case that there is any error or malfunction detected, the BIOS will
give a series of beeping sound or display the error message on screen.
During the power on self test (POST), the following message appears at the lower left
corner of the screen:
" Press DEL to enter SETUP "
To execute the Award® BIOS CMOS Setup program, press the DEL key when you see
the above message displayed on the screen to trigger the BIOS setup utility. When you
start the BIOS setup program, you will see "STANDARD CMOS SETUP" displayed on
the screen as shown in the next page:
4.2 CONTROL KEYS
When you have started the BIOS setup program, you will see a list of control key
show at the bottom of the screen. You can use the keyboard to move the selection
bar and choose the proper setting in each selection field. Please refer to the
following for the definition of the control keys:
Arrow Keys
Enter
F1
ESC
PgUp(-)/PgDn(+): Modify or change the content of the highlighted item.
F5
F7
F10
:
Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the desired item.
:
Select the desired item.
:
Display the help screen for the selected feature.
:
Exit to the previous screen.
:
Retrieves the previous value from CMOS data,
( only the current page setup will be retrieved ).
:
Loads the SETUP default values from BIOS default table,
(only the current page setup will be loaded ).
:
Save all changes to CMOS RAM from the MAIN MENU
AWARD BIOS SETUP
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