User`s guide

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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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