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2.1 BIOS Introduction
Advantech provides full-featured AwardBIOSes, which deliver the superior perfor-
mance, compatibility, and functionality that today’s manufacturers of industrial PCs
and embedded boards demand. The many options and extensions let you customize
your products to a wide range of designs and target markets.
The modular, adaptable AwardBIOS 6.0 supports the broadest range of third-party
peripherals and all popular chipsets, plus Intel®, AMD, nVidia, VIA, and compatible
CPUs from 386 through Pentium and AMD Geode, K7 and K8 (including multiple pro-
cessor platforms), and VIA Eden C3 and C7 CPU.
You can use Advantech’s utilities to select and install features to suit your exclusive
designs.
2.2 BIOS Setup
The AIMB-258 Series system has built-in AwardBIOS with a CMOS SETUP utility
which allows user to configure required settings or to activate certain system fea-
tures.
The CMOS SETUP saves the configuration in the CMOS RAM of the motherboard.
When the power is turned off, the battery on the board supplies the necessary power
to the CMOS RAM.
When the power is turned on, pressing the <Del> button during the BIOS POST
(Power-On Self Test) will take you to the CMOS SETUP screen.
CONTROL KEYS
<↑>< ↓>< ←>< →>Move to select item
<Enter> Select Item
<Esc> Main Menu - Quit and not save changes into CMOS
Sub Menu - Exit current page and return to Main Menu
<Page Up/+> Increase the numeric value or make changes
<Page Down/-> Decrease the numeric value or make changes
<F1> General help, for Setup Sub Menu
<F2> Item Help
<F5> Load Previous Values
<F7> Load Optimized Default
<F10> Save all CMOS changes