User`s manual

Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup

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Prox-B501 USER

S MANUAL

4-1. INTRODUCTION

This chapter will show you the function of the BIOS in managing the

features of your system. The Prox-B501 Pentium M Flex-ATX Motherboard

is equipped with the BIOS for system chipset from Award Software Inc.

This page briefly explains the function of the BIOS in managing the special

features of your system. The following pages describe how to use the BIOS

for system chipset Setup menu.

Your application programs (such as word processing, spreadsheets, and

games) rely on an operating system such as DOS or OS/2 to manage such

things as keyboard, monitor, disk drives, and memory.

The operating system relies on the BIOS (Basic Input and Output system), a

program stored on a ROM (Read-only Memory) chip, to initialize and

configure your computer's hardware. As the interface between the hardware

and the operating system, the BIOS enables you to make basic changes to

your system's hardware without having to write a new operating system.

The following diagram illustrates the interlocking relationships between the

system hardware, BIOS, operating system, and application program: