User's Manual

6.2.5 CD/DVD HELP
Depending on the Optical Media Drive installed on your
computer, you will be supplied with accompanying software (for
example, Easy CD Creator, for writing CDs; WinDVD for
playing movies). Refer to the separate documentation appropriate
to your configuration.
7 The BIOS Setup Program
7.1 Introduction
The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Setup program is a
menu driven utility that enables you to make changes to the
system configuration and tailor the operation of your Notebook to
your individual work needs. A ROM-based configuration utility
displays the system's configuration status and provides you with a
tool to set system parameters. These parameters are stored in
nonvolatile battery backed-up CMOS RAM, which saves this
information even when the power is turned off. When the
computer is turned back on, the system is configured with the
values found in CMOS. Using easy-to-use menus, you can
configure such items as:
l Hard drives, diskette drives and peripherals
l Video display options
l Password protection from unauthorized use
l Boot devices
The settings made in the Setup program intimately affect how the
Notebook performs. It is important, therefore, first to try to
understand all the available options, and second, to make settings