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Chapter 4

The motherboard uses the Award BIOS for the system configuration. The Award
BIOS in the single board computer is a customized version of the industrial
standard BIOS for IBM PC AT-compatible computers. It supports Intel x86 and
compatible CPU architecture based processors and computers. The BIOS
provides critical low-level support for the system central processing, memory and
I/O sub-systems.

The BIOS setup program of the single board computer let the customers modify
the basic configuration setting. The settings are stored in a dedicated
battery-backed memory, NVRAM, retains the information when the power is
turned off. If the battery runs out of the power, then the settings of BIOS will
come back to the default setting.

The BIOS section of the manual is subject to change without notice and is
provided here for reference purpose only. The settings and configurations of the
BIOS are current at the time of print, and therefore they may not be exactly the
same as that displayed on your screen.

To activate CMOS Setup program, press <DEL> key immediately after you
turn on the system. The following message “Press DEL to enter SETUP” should
appear in the lower left hand corner of your screen. When you enter the CMOS
Setup Utility, the Main Menu will be displayed as Figure 4-1. You can use arrow
keys to select your function, press <Enter> key to accept the selection and
enter the sub-menu.

Figure 4-1 CMOS Setup Utility Main Screen