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3.0 AWARD BIOS SETUP
3.1 Award BIOS Setup
The BIOS setup, also called CMOS setup, is a crucial part of the proper setting up of
Ruggcore. The BIOS (Basic Input Output System) tells the operating system the
characteristics of the main basic components of Ruggcore. Because of this, an
incorrectly set up BIOS can result in some devices not being recognized by the
operating system.
Getting into the Award BIOS
Cold boot Ruggcore and when you see the first screen showing in monitor, press the
Delete key repeatedly till you get a blue screen titled.
When you successfully get into the BIOS setup, you will be presented with the
following menu.
Setup 1: The Main BIOS Menu.
The sections that follow provide guidelines on how to set up the various settings in
each section of the BIOS. We have concentrated only on those settings that may
need changing, if a setting does not appear in this document, leave it as you found
it.
Press Enter on a main menu option to go into that section.
To return to the Main Menu from within a section, press Escape.
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