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VIA MVP3 AT SYSTEM BOARD OPERATION MANUAL DOC NO. UM-VMD-E2………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….PRINTED IN TAIWAN ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD TABLE OF CONTENTS i TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter & Section Page 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 1-1 1.1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW...................................

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD ii TRADEMARKS All trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective owners. NOTE The “LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS” function loads the default settings directly from BIOS default table, these default settings are the b...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD INTRODUCTION 1-1 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 SYSTEM OVERVIEW This mainboard is an AT form-factor PCI Local Bus Pentium system board with the updated AGP technology designed onboard. The most updated VIA MVP3 chipset for 100MHz Front Side...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD INTRODUCTION 1-2 1.2 SYSTEM BOARD LAYOUT The following picture displays the position of all connectors and jumpers. Please refer to the following sections for the detail description. ISA 3 ISA 2 ISA 1 PCI 2 PCI 1 AGP K/B CPU ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD FEATURES 2-1 2. FEATURES 2.1 MAINBOARD SPECIFICATIONS ¨ Chipset VIA MVP3 (VT82C598MVP, VT82C586B) and Winbond W83877F / TF. ¨ CPU Intel : Pentium processor and OverDrive processor 90 / 100 / 120 / 133 / 150 / 166 / 200 / 233 ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD FEATURES 2-2 ¨ Expansion Slots AGP Slots: 32-bit x 1 (Supports 1x/2x AGP graphics cards) PCI Slots : 32-bit x 3 (All Master / Slave, PCI 2.1 Compliant). ISA Slots : 16-bit x 3 (PCI / ISA slot share one slot). ¨ IDE Ports Two ch...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD FEATURES 2-3 ¨ ENVIRONMENT Operating Temperature : 10°C to 40°C. (50°F to 104°F). Require Airflow : 50 linear feet per minute across CPU. Storage Temperature : -40°C to 70°C. (-40°F to 158°F). Humidity : 0 to 90% non-cond...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-1 3. HARDWARE SETUP This chapter explains how to configure the mainboard hardware. When you are installing the mainboard, you will have to make jumper settings and cable connections. Please refer to the following ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-2 3.2 HARDWARE CONFIGURATION Before the system board is ready for operating, the hardware must be configured to make sure it will work properly with different environment. To configure the system board is a simple...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-3 (D) CN4 USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector (USB2) Pin # 51Pin # (USB1) Ground (BLACK WIRE) 5 ●● 1+5V DC (RED WIRE) Ground (BLACK WIRE) 4 ●● 2 DATA- (WHITE WIRE) DATA+ (GREEN WIRE) 3 ●● 3 DATA+ (GRE...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-4 (G) CN7 Parallel Port Connector (Supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode, using IRQ7 or IRQ5, ECP modes use DMA channel 3 or channel 1, and it can be programmed by CMOS setup) 114Pin # Assignment Pin # Assignment ●● 1 STR...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-5 (I) CN9 IDE 2 connector (Secondary IDE Port, using IRQ15) (J) CN10 IR (Infrared Rays) transmission connector Pin # Assignment ● 1+5V DC 2 No Connection ● 3 IR Receive ● 4 Ground ● 5IR Transmit (K) CN11 ID...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-6 (P) KBLOCK Front Panel Power LED & Key-Lock connector 1Pin # Assignment ● 1 Pullup (+5V DC for Power LED) ● 2 No Connection ● 3 Ground ● 4 Keyboard Lock ● 5 Ground 5 (Q) SPK Speaker connector 1Pin #...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-7 (U) PW. Power Switch Connector The PW connector shall be connected to the front panel PW button of your PC system. When different type of switching power supplier is connected to the mainboard, the PW button wil...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-8  The setup in CMOS is “Instant-off”: a). When system power is off : Click on this switch, the system will be powered on. b). When system power is on : Click on this switch, the system will be powered off...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-9 3.2.2 JUMPERS This section will discuss the jumper setting on this mainboard. A jumper is a set of two, three or more jumper pins which allows you to make different system configuration by putting the plastic co...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-10 60MHz x 2.5 VCORE = 3.5V 66MHz x 2.5 VCORE = 3.5V AMD 1 2 1 2 AMD 1 2 1 2 K5-PR150   JP1   JP14 K5-PR166  JP1   JP14   JP2   JP15   JP2   JP15   JP3...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-11 66MHz x 4.5 VCORE = 2.2V 100MHz x 3 VCORE = 2.2V AMD 1 2 1 2 AMD 1 2 1 2 K6 / 300  JP1  JP14 K6-2/300  JP1  JP14   JP2   JP15  JP2   JP15   JP3 �...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-12 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 100MHz x 4 VCORE = 2.2V 100MHz x 4.5 VCORE = 2.4V AMD 1 2 1 2 AMD 1 2 1 2 K6-2/400  JP1  JP14 K6-2/450  JP1  JP14 ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-13 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 66MHz x 2 VCORE = 3.5V 66MHz x 2 VCORE = 2.8V Cyrix 1 2 1 2 Cyrix 1 2 1 2 / IBM  JP1   JP14 / IBM  JP1  JP14 6x86 ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-14 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 75MHz x 2 VCORE = 2.9V 66MHz x 3 VCORE = 2.9V Cyrix 1 2 1 2 Cyrix 1 2 1 2 / IBM   JP1   JP14 / IBM  JP1   JP14 6x86MX...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-15 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 CPU TYPE JP1~6, JP9~10 JP14~JP18 83MHz x 3 VCORE = 2.9V 100MHz x 2.5 VCORE = 2.9V Cyrix 1 2 1 2 Cyrix 6x86MII  JP1   JP14 6x86MII  JP1   JP14 -333 ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-16 60MHz x 2.5 VCORE = 3.3V 66MHz x 2.5 VCORE = 3.3V Intel 1 2 1 2 Intel 1 2 1 2 80502   JP1   JP14 80502  JP1   JP14 -150   JP2  JP15 -166   JP2  JP15  �...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-17 60MHz x 3 VCORE = 3.5V 66MHz x 3 VCORE = 3.5V IDT 1 2 1 2 IDT 1 2 1 2 C6-180   JP1   JP14 C6-200  JP1   JP14   JP2   JP15   JP2   JP15   JP3  ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-18 IDT 1 2 1 2 IDT 1 2 1 2 WinChip 2  JP1   JP14 WinChip 2  JP1   JP14 -266  JP2   JP15 -300  JP2   JP15  JP3   JP16  JP3   JP16 �...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-19 12 12 12 12 12  JP1  JP1   JP1   JP1   JP1   JP2   JP2   JP2   JP2   JP2   JP3   JP3  JP3  JP3  JP3 ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-20  JP2  JP2  JP2  JP2  JP2  JP3  JP3  JP3  JP3  JP3  JP4  JP4  JP4   JP4   JP4   JP5  JP5 �...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-21  JP3  JP9   JP10 Ratio = 2.33x 2.5x 2.66x 3x 3.33x 12 12 12 12 12  JP4   JP4  JP4  JP4   JP4   JP5   JP5  JP5   JP5  JP5...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-22   JP16  JP16  JP16   JP16   JP17   JP17   JP17  JP17   JP18   JP18   JP18   JP18 (E) JP12Clear CMOS button Pin # Function 1 - ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD HARDWARE SETUP 3-23 be populated on the board. Standard fast page mode (FPM), Extended Data Out (EDO) and synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) memory are all supported by this mainboard. The suggested DRAM modules to use on this mainboard is s...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-1 4. AWARD BIOS SETUP 4.1 GETTING STARTED When the system is powered on or reset, the BIOS will execute the Power-On Self Test routines (POST) and checks the functionality of every component in the PC system. D...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-2 When the POST routines are completed, you will find the following message appears on the lower-left screen : “ Press DEL to enter SETUP ” To execute the Award BIOS Setup program, press the DEL key...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-3 4.2 MAIN MENU ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTIO...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-4 4.3 CONTROL KEYS Listed below is an explanation of the keys displayed at the bottom of the screens which will be used in the BIOS SETUP program : Arrow Keys : Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the desir...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-5 4.4 STANDARD CMOS SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) STANDARD CMOS SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Date (mm : dd : yy) Sat Jul 4 1998 Time (hh : mm : ss) 08 : 35 : 45 HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LAND...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-6 4.5 BIOS FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) BIOS FEATURES SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Virus Warning : Disabled Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled CPU Internal Cache : Enabled C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-7 Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. Disabled No warning message will appea...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-8 Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks. Enabled BIOS searches for floppy ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-9 Typematic Rate Setting This determines if the typematic rate is to be used. When disabled, continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance. In other words, the BIOS will only re...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-10 Security Option This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup . System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-11 4.6 CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) CMOS SETUP UTILITY CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP Bank 0/1 DRAM Timing : SDRAM 10ns OnChip USB : Enabled Bank 2/3 DRAM Timing : FP/EDO 70ns USB Keyboard Suppo...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-12 Bank 0/1 ( 2/3, 4/5)DRAM Timing : BANK 0/1: DIMM1 BANK 2/3: DIMM2 BANK 4/5: DIMM3 The memory modules inserted onto the mainboard will be detected by the system BIOS automatically. For example, when you insert ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-13 System BIOS Cacheable As with caching the Video BIOS above, enabling this selection allows accesses to the system BIOS ROM addressed at F0000H-FFFFFH to be cached, provided that the cache controller is enabled...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-14 4.7 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. Power Management : User Define Primary INTR : ON PM Control by APM : Yes IRQ3 (COM2) : Primary Video Off ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-15 Power Management This category allows you to select the type (or degree) of power saving and is directly related to the following modes: 1. Doze Mode 2. Suspend Mode 3. HDD Power Down There are four selections...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-16 Video Off Option When enabled, this feature allows the VGA adapter to operate in a power saving mode. Always On Monitor will remain on during power saving modes. Suspend --> Off Monitor blanked when the sys...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-17 PM Timers The following four modes are Green PC power saving functions which are only user configurable when User Defined Power Management has been selected. See above for available selections. HDD Power Down...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-18 Modem or LAN Resume When set to Enabled , any event occurring to the Modem Ring will awaken a system which has been powered down. RTC Alarm Resume When set to Enable RTA Alarm Resume, you could set the date (...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-19 4.8 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. PNP OS Installed : No CPU to PCI Write Buffer : Enabled Resources Controlled By : Manual PCI Dynamic Bursti...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-20 Resource controlled by The Award Plug and Play BIOS has the capacity to automatically configure all of the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices. However, this capability means absolutely nothing unless y...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-21 PCI Dynamic Bursting When Enabled, data transfers on the PCI bus, where possible, make use of the high-performance PCI bust protocol, in which greater amounts of data are transferred at a single command.. The ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-22 4.9 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. On-Chip IDE First Channel : Enabled Onboard Parallel Port : 378 / IRQ 7 On-Chip IDE Second Channel : Enabl...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-23 OnChip IDE Second Channel This chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select Enabled to activate the first and/or second IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate this inte...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-24 Onboard FDC Controller This should be enabled if your system has a floppy disk drive (FDD) installed on the system board and you wish to use it. Even when so equipped, if you add a higher performance controlle...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-25 4.10 LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPS...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-26 4.11 SUPERVISOR PASSWORD / USER PASSWORD ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PA...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-27 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION ...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-28 4.13 HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIP...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-29 4.14 SAVE &EXIT SETUP ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIP...

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MVP3 SYSTEM BOARD AWARD BIOS SETUP 4-30 4.15 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A5LEXXX) INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS AWARD SOFTWARE, INC. STANDARD CMOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD BIOS FEATURES SETUP USER PASSWORD CHIPS...

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