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descriptions are for reference purposes only and may not reflect your BIOS screens exactly.
In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will explain these options
step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the
function keys you may use here:
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Press <Esc> to quit the BIOS Setup.
•
Press
↑↓←→
(up, down, left, right) to choose, in the main menu, the option you want to
confirm or to modify.
•
Press <F10> when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save these parameters
and to exit the BIOS Setup menu.
•
Press Page Up/Page Down or +/
–
keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the
active option.
3-1 Entering Setup
Power on the computer and by pressing <Del> immediately allows you to enter Setup.
If the message disappears before your respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system to try
again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the “RESET” button on the system case. You may
also restart by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt> and <Delete> keys. If you do not press the
keys at the correct time and the system does not boot, an error message will be displayed and you
will again be asked to
Press <F1> to continue, <Ctrl-Alt-Esc> or <Del> to enter Setup
3-2 Getting Help
Main Menu
The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the bottom of the
screen.
Status Page Setup Menu/Option Page Setup Menu
Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use
and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window,
press <Esc>.
3-3 The Main Menu
Once you enter Award
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BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 3-1) will appear
on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from fourteen setup functions and two