User Guide

AWARD BIOS
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1. At the prompt, type your password. Your password can be up to 8
alphanumeric characters. When you type the characters, they appear as
asterisks on the password screen box.
2. After typing the password, press.
3. At the next prompt, re-type your password and press again to confirm
the new password. After the password entry, the screen automatically
reverts to the main screen.
To disable the password, press when prompted to enter the password. The
screen displays a message confirming that the password has been disabled.
3.11 IDE HDD Auto Detection
If your system has an IDE hard drive, you can use this function to detect its
parameters and enter them into the "Standard CMOS Setup" automatically.
This routine only detects one set of parameters for your IDE hard drive.
Some IDE drives can use more than one set of parameters. If your hard disk
is formatted using different parameters than those detected, you have to enter
the parameters manually. If the parameters listed do not match the ones
used to format the disk, the information on that disk will not be accessible. If
the auto-detected parameters displayed do not match those that used for your
drive, ignore them. Type N to reject the values and enter the correct ones
manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen.
3.12 Save & Exit Setup
This function automatically saves all CMOS values before leaving Setup.
3.13 Exit without Saving
Use this function to exit Setup without saving the CMOS value changes. Do
not use this option if you want to save the new configuration.