February 12, 2019 Grade 9

ICT

Award BIOS/CMOS setup

Computer Hardware Servicing
 Award BIOS / CMOS Setup
This is the BIOS setup for Award BIOS v6.00PG. If you have a
different version of the Award BIOS there would be a lot of
similarities. If your BIOS are AMI or Phoenix then the common BIOS
features would have some similarities. Whatever BIOS you have, this
setup guide should give you an idea about how to setup BIOS.
Please note that setting up BIOS incorrectly could cause
system malfunction, therefore it is recommended that you also
follow the BIOS guide provided on your motherboard manual. If you
decide to make changes to certain options it is safer to make a
note of what you have changed. Then restart the system to see
how it performs. If the system behaves abnormally or becomes
unstable you can revert back to your previous settings.
 Soft menu III

Soft menu III is where you can setup up the CPU

without setting jumpers on the motherboard. You can setup
the CPU simply by selecting the speed i.e. Pentium III 750
from the list. This ensures that the CPU bus, multiplier,
voltage etc, is correctly set for that particular CPU. However
you can manually setup each feature if required. Once you
have finished with the setup press ESC to return the previous
menu.

previous
 Standard CMOS Features
 Here you can setup the basic BIOS
features such as date, time, type of
floppy etc. Use the arrow keys to move
around and press enter to select the
required option. You can specify what
IDE devices you have such as Hard drive,
CD-ROM, ZIP drive etc. The easiest way
to setup the IDE devices is by leaving it
set to auto. This allows the BIOS to detect
the devices automatically so you don't
have to do it manually. At the bottom, it
also displays the total memory in your
system.
 Advanced BIOS Features
 There are numerous advance settings which you can select if required. For
most cases leaving the default setting should be adequate. As you can see the
first boot device is set to floppy. This ensures that the floppy disk is read first
when the system boots, and therefore can boot from windows boot disk. The
second boot device is the Hard disk and third is set to LS120. If you want to boot
from a bootable CD then you can set the third boot device to CD/DVD-ROM.
 Advanced Chipset Features
 Here you can setup the contents
of the chipset buffers. It is closely
related to the hardware and is
therefore recommended that you
leave the default setting unless
you know what you are doing.
Having an incorrect setting can
make your system unstable. If you
know that your SDRAM can
handle CAS 2, then making
changes can speed up the
memory timing. If you have 128MB
SDRAM then the maximum
amount of memory the AGP card
can use is 128MB.
 Integrated Peripherals

 This
menu allows you to
change the various I/O
devices such as IDE
controllers, serial ports,
parallel port, keyboard etc.
You can make changes as
necessary.
 Power Management Setup

 Thepower management
allows you to setup various
power saving features,
when the PC is in standby or
suspend mode.
 PnP/PCI Configurations
 This menu allows you to configure
your PCI slots. You can assign IRQ's
for various PCI slots. It is
recommended that you leave the
default settings as it can get a bit
complicated messing around with
IRQ's
 PC Health Status
 Thismenu displays the current
CPU temperature, the fan
speeds, voltages etc. You can
set the warning temperature
which will trigger an alarm if the
CPU exceeds the specified
temperature.
 Load Fail-Safe Defaults

 Ifyou made changes to the BIOS and your system becomes unstable as a
result, you can change it back to default. However if you made many
changes and don't know which one is causing the problem, your best bet is
to choose the option "Load Fail Safe Mode Defaults" from the BIOS menu. This
uses a minimal performance setting, but the system would run in a stable
way. From the dialog box Choose "Y" followed by enter to load Fail-Safe
Defaults.
 Load Optimized Defaults

 Like
the Fail-Safe mode above, this option loads the BIOS
default settings, but runs the system at optimal
performance. From the dialog box Choose "Y“ followed
by enter to load Optimized Defaults.
Set Password

 Topassword protect your BIOS you can specify a

password. Make sure you don't forget the password or you
cannot access the BIOS. The only way you can access the
BIOS is by resetting it using the reset jumper on the
motherboard.
Save and Exit Setup

 To
save any changes you made to the BIOS you must
choose this option. From the dialog box choose "Y".
Exit without Saving

 If
you don't want to save changes made to the BIOS,
choose "N" from the dialog box.
 Quiz

 Acronyms. Give the meaning of the following.

1. BIOS 4. USB
2. CMOS 5. IP
3. DHCP 6. CPU

7-8. 2 TYPES of BIOS

9-10…………