992 Motherboard Setup

The Setup Utility consists of the main menu and four major sub-menus - Standard, Power Management, PCI/IRQ Reservation 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.

Press F2 during POST to enter CMOS setup.

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