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1030 Motherboard Setup

The CMOS Setup Utility consists of four major menus - Main, Standard, Power Management and Integrated Peripherals. This section covers all of these menus and their sub-menus, including definition and usage of the features. In addition, full screens are provided for illustration. These illustrations are approximations of the actual screens.

To enter the Setup utility, press the <F2> key during POST. This will bring up the main menu.

Menu Item Options Description

Standard CMOS Setup Sub-menu Basic system configuration, including date, time, HDD & FDD parameters.

Power Management Setup Sub-menu Used to configure Power Management features.

Load Setup Defaults Load Setup defaults that have been set by the manufacturer for minimum system requirements.

Integrated Peripherals Sub-menu Used to configure onboard peripherals, such as serial & parallel ports and HDD & FDD controllers.

Supervisor Password Allows a Supervisor password to be set or changed.

User Password Allows a User password to be set or changed.

Save & Exit Setup Save all changes and exit the Setup utility.

Exit Without Saving Exit the Setup utility without saving changes.

Menu Item	Options	Description
Standard CMOS Setup	Sub-menu	Basic system configuration, including date, time, HDD & FDD parameters.
Power Management Setup	Sub-menu	Used to configure Power Management features.
Load Setup Defaults		Load Setup defaults that have been set by the manufacturer for minimum system requirements.
Integrated Peripherals	Sub-menu	Used to configure onboard peripherals, such as serial & parallel ports and HDD & FDD controllers.
Supervisor Password		Allows a Supervisor password to be set or changed.
User Password		Allows a User password to be set or changed.
Save & Exit Setup		Save all changes and exit the Setup utility.
Exit Without Saving		Exit the Setup utility without saving changes.

Turn off the computer.
Remove the case from the computer.
Locate jumper J6. Refer to the 1030 motherboard layout for details.
Place the J6 jumper over pins 1-2.
Turn on the machine.
If the Manufacturer logo is present on the screen at this point, you MUST press the TAB key to see the post screen. Otherwise, the logo will be displayed indefinitely.
The post screen will look similar to the following example:

Award Modular Bios v4.51PG, An Energy Star Ally

DR 724 BIOS 06-21-99 VER: 2.04

INTEL(r) CELERON(tm) CPU: 366 MHz

MEMORY COUNT: 16192 KB
 

Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A
Copyright (c) 1998, Award Software, Inc.

Please remove jumper block to normal position and ....

Press F1 to clear CMOS. (It will reboot directly.)


Press F4 to clear password

If you select F1, CMOS will be cleared and the system will reboot.
If you select F4, the password will be cleared and the following message will be displayed:
Clear password OK! Press F2 to enter setup

Once you have made your selection, you may turn off the computer and move the jumper back to pins 2-3.
Upon restarting the Computer, either CMOS will be cleared or the password will be removed.