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3.4 BIOS Configuration Overview
This section gives an introduction to the Phoenix/Award Plug and Play BIOS
Setup Utility. For more detailed information about the BIOS and other utilities,
please refer to the BIOS Manual.
The BIOS has many separately configurable features. These features are
selected by running the built-in Setup utility. System configuration settings are
saved in a portion of the battery-backed RAM in the real-time clock device and
are used by the BIOS to initialize the system at boot up or reset. The
configuration is protected by a checksum word for system integrity.
To access the Setup utility, press the "Del" key during system RAM check at
boot time. When Setup runs, an interactive configuration screen displays.
Setup parameters are divided into different categories. The available
categories are listed in a menu. The parameters within the highlighted (current)
category are listed in the bottom portion of the Setup screen. Context sensitive
help is displayed in the right portion of the screen for each parameter.
Use the arrow keys to select a category from the menu. To display a submenu,
highlight the category and then press the "Enter" key.