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©2002 AEWIN Technologies Co., Ltd.. All rights reserved. Ver 1.0. Jan. 2005
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Chapter 3. BIOS Setup
The ROM chip of your AW-A795 board is configured with a customized Basic Input/Output
System (BIOS) from Phoenix-Award BIOS. The BIOS is a set of permanently recorded
program routines that give the system its fundamental operational characteristics. It also
tests the computer and determines how the computer reacts to instructions that are part of
programs.
The BIOS is made up of code and programs that provide the device-level control for the
major I/O devices in the system. It contains a set of routines (called POST, for Power-On
Self Test) that check out the system when you turn it on. The BIOS also includes CMOS
Setup program, so no disk-based setup program is required CMOS RAM stores information
for:
Date and time
Memory capacity of the main board
Type of display adapter installed
Number and type of disk drives
The CMOS memory is maintained by battery installed on the AW-A795 board. By using
the battery, all memory in CMOS can be retained when the system power switch is turned
off. The system BIOS also supports easy way to reload the CMOS data when you replace
the battery of the battery power lose.
3.1 Quick Setup
In most cases, you can quickly configure the system by choosing the following main menu
options:
1. Choose “Load Optimized Defaults” from the main menu. This loads the setup default
values from the BIOS Features Setup and Chipset Features Setup screens.
2. Choose “Standard COS Features” from the main menu. This option lets you configure
the date and time, hard disk type, floppy disk drive type, primary display and more.
3. In the main menu, press F10 (“Save & Exit Setup”) to save your changes and reboot the
system.