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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
Setup Prompt Timeout [1]
Allowsyoutosetthenumberofsecondsthatthermwarewaitsbeforeinitiatingtheoriginal
defaultbootselection.65535(OxFFFF)meansindenitewaiting.Usethe<+>or<->toadjust
the value.
Bootup NumLock State [On]
Allowsyoutoselectthepower-onstatefortheNumLock.
Congurationoptions:[Off][On]
Quiet Boot [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable Quiet Boot option.
Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]
Boot Option Priorities
These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. The
number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices
installed in the system.
• Toselectthebootdeviceduringsystemstartup,press<F8>whenASUSLogo
appears.
• ToaccessWindowsOSinSafeMode,pleasepress<F8>afterPOST.
Fast Boot [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable boot with initialization of a minimal set of devices required to
launch active boot option. This has no effect for BBS boot options.
Congurationoptions:[Disabled][Enabled]
The following item appears only when you set the Quiet Boot to [Disabled].
POST Report [5 sec]
Allows you to set the desired POST Report waiting time from 1 to 10 seconds.
Congurationoptions:[1sec]-[10sec][UntilPressESC]
Hard Drive / CD / DVD ROM Drive BBS Priorities / Network Device BBS
Priorities
These items allow you to set the booting order of the devices.