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Safeguards
Contents
Chapter
4:
BIOS setup
4.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
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4-1
4.1.1
Creating a bootable floppy disk
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4-1
4.1.2
Updating the BIOS
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4-2
4.1.3
Saving the current BIOS file
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4-4
4.2
BIOS Setup program
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4-6
4.2.1
BIOS menu screen
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4-7
4.2.2
Menu bar
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4-7
4.2.3
Navigation keys
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4-8
4.2.4
General help
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4-8
4.2.5
Sub-menu
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4-8
4.2.6
Scroll bar
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4-8
4.2.7
Pop-up window
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4-8
4.3
Main menu
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4-9
4.3.1
Primary IDE Master
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4-10
4.3.2
Primary IDE Slave
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4-13
4.3.3
Secondary IDE Master
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4-13
4.3.4
Secondary IDE Slave
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4-13
4.4
Advanced menu
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4-14
4.4.1
Advanced BIOS Features
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4-15
4.4.2
CPU Configuration
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4-16
4.4.3
Memory Configuration
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4-17
4.4.4
Chipset
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4-18
4.4.5
Onboard Device
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4-20
4.4.6
PCIPnP
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4-24
4.4.7
USB Configuration
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4-26
4.5
Power menu
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4-27
4.5.1
APM Configuration
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4-27
4.5.2
Hardware Monitor
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4-31
4.6
Boot menu
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4-33
4.6.1
Boot Device Priority
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4-33
4.6.2
Hard Disk Boot Priority
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4-34
4.6.3
Removable Device Priority
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4-34
4.6.4
CD-ROM Boot Priority
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4-35
4.6.5
Boot Settings Configuration
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4-35
4.6.6
Security
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4-37
4.7
Exit menu
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4-39
Appendix:
Reference information
A.1
PSCH-SR block diagrams
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A-1