Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup

4-2. ENTERING SETUP

When the system is powered on, the BIOS will enter the Power-On Self Test (POST) routines and the following message will appear on the lower screen:

PRESS <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP, ESC TO SKIP MEMORY TEST

As long as this message is present on the screen you may press the <Del> key (the one that shares the decimal point at the bottom of the number keypad) to access the Setup program. In a moment, the main menu of the Award SETUP program will appear on the screen:

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

►Standard CMOS Features

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

►Advanced BIOS Features

Load Optimized Defaults

►Advanced Chipset Features

Set Supervisor Password

►Integrated Peripherals

Set User Password

►Power Management Setup

Save & Exit Setup

►PnP/PCI Configurations

Exit Without Saving

►PC Health Status

 

 

 

Esc : Quit

↑↓→← : Select Item

F10 : Save & Exit Setup

 

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type .…

Setup program initial screen

You may use the cursor the up/down keys to highlight the individual menu items. As you highlight each item, a brief description of the highlighted selection will appear at the bottom of the screen.

PMB-531LF USERS MANUAL

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Intel PMB-531LF user manual Entering Setup, Setup program initial screen