SL-855GEI-FDGR Chapter 3 BIOS Setup Chapter 3 AWARD BIOS Setup 3-1 To Update BIOS • System BIOS is incorporated into a Flash memory component. Flash BIOS allows user to update BIOS without the need to replace an EPROM component. • The Update Utility should be loaded on a floppy diskette for updating, saving, and verifying the system BIOS. • Please follow the steps below for updating the system BIOS: Step 1. Please visit Soltek website: www.soltek.com.tw, download the .zip files of the latest BIOS and BIOS-update utility into your hard disk for your mainboard. Choose the Model you want to update here. Click on “Go” to download the BIOS and BIOS- update Utility to your hard disk first. Step 2. Create a bootable diskette. Then copy the BIOS file and BIOS- Update utility (an execution file) into the diskette. Step 3. Insert the diskette into drive A, boot your system from the diskette. Step 4. Under “ A “ prompt, type on the DOS screen the BIOS-Update Execution file name and the BIOS file name with a space between them and then press to run BIOS update program. A:\> BIOS-update Execution file name BIOS file name.Extension Should type a space here Step 5. When the message “Flash ROM Update Completed - Pass.” appears, please restart your system.You have now updated the system BIOS successfully. 19 

SL-855GEI-FDGR Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 3-2 BIOS SETUP with CMOS Setup Utility 1. Power on your system. 2. At the initial screen, enter CMOS Setup Utility by pressing < Del > key before POST(Power on Self Test) is complete and the main program screen will appear as follows. Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Advanced BIOS Features Frequency / Voltage Contorl Load Optimize Defaults Advanced Chipset Features Set Supervisor Password Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP/PCI Configuration SmartDoc Anti-Burn Shield Set User Password Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving ESC : Quit F10 : Save & Exit Setup : Slect Item Time, Date, Hard Disk Type... 3. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to select an option, and press . Modify the system parameters to reflect the options installed in your system. 4. You may return to the Main Menu anytime by pressing . 5. In the Main Menu, “Save Changes and Exit” saves your changes and reboots the system, and “Discard Changes and Exit” ignores your changes and exits the program. • Standard BIOS Features(Times, Date, System Information etc.) • Advanced BIOS Features (CPU,IDE, Floppy, SuperIO, Hardware Health, ACPI, USB, and Frequency/Voltage Control) • Advanced Chipset Features (AT clock, DRAM timings etc....) • Integrated Peripherals (IO, IRQ Settings, DMA etc....) • Power Management Setup (Sleep timer, Suspend timer etc....) • PnP/PCI Configurations (IRQ settings, Latency timers etc.....) • SmartDoc Anti-burn Shield (Display CPU/System temperature Fan speed etc....) • Frequency/Voltage Control (Change CPU clock & voltage etc....) 20