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4.3 Entering Setup

When the syst em is powered on, the BIOS will ent er the Power-On Self Test (POS T) routines. These

routines perform various diagnostic checks; if an error is encountered, the error will be reported in one of

two different ways:

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If the error occurs before the display device is initialized, a series of beeps will be transmitted.

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If the error occurs after the display device is init ialized, the screen will display the error message.

Powering on t he comput er and immediately pressing <Del> allows you to enter Set up. Another way to

enter Setup is to power on the computer and wait for the following message during the POST:

TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE B OOT

PRESS OR KEY

Press the <Del> key or press the <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Esc> keys to enter Setup:

4.4 The M ain Menu

Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. The

main menu allows you to select from ten setup funct ions and two exit choices. Use arrow keys to select

among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

Figure 4-1: BIOS Setup Utility Main Menu

Standard CMOS Features

Use this menu for basic system configuration