User`s guide

3
The BIOS Setup
Program
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
suit your individual work needs. It is a ROM-based (Read only Memory) configuration utility
that displays the system’s configuration status and provides you with a tool to set system
parameters. These parameters are stored in non-volatile battery backed-up CMOS RAM, which
saves this information even when the power is turned off. CMOS chips are extremely low
power consuming. When the system is turned back on, the system is configured with the values
found in CMOS.
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The CMOS battery receives a charge when the system is being operated on AC power.
If the system is off for more than one year, the CMOS battery will drain and the ROM
data will be lost.
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By using easy-to-configure menus, you can configure such items as:
Hard drives, diskette drives and peripherals
Password protection from unauthorized use
Power Management Features