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IV. BIOS SETUP
BIOS Setup
IV
. BIOS
Updating BIOS
The motherboard supports a 5 Volt programmable Flash ROM chip, which can be
updated when BIOS upgrades are released. Use the Flash Memory Writer utility to
download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in detail in this section.
All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the system
configuration and settings. If your motherboard came in a computer system, the proper
configuration entries may have already been made. If so, invoke the Setup utility, as
described later, and take note of the configuration settings for future reference; in
particular, the hard disk specifications.
If you are installing the motherboard, reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run
Setup message, you will need to enter new setup information. This section describes
how to configure your system using this utility.
The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility. When you turn on the com-
puter, the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program. This appears
during the Power-On Self Test (POST). Press
you are a little bit late pressing the mentioned key(s), POST will continue with its test
routines, thus preventing you from calling up Setup. If you still need to call Setup,
reset the system by pressing
button on the system case. You can also restart by turning the system off and then
back on again. But do so only if the first two methods fail.
When you invoke Setup, the CMOS SETUP UTILITY main program screen will
appear with the following options: