User`s guide

14 Introduction

BIOS Setup provides settings for system functions and the hardware conguration for the system.

Any changes you make to the settings take

effect as soon as you save the settings and quit BIOS Setup.

The individual menus in BIOS Setup provide settings for the following areas:

Main:

System functions

Advanced:

Advanced system conguration

Security:

Security functions

Power:

Energy saving functions

Event Logs:

Conguration and display of the event log

Boot:

Conguration of the start-up sequence

Save & Exit:

Save and quit

The setting options depend on the hardware conguration of your system. Some menus and certain settings may therefore not be available

in BIOS Setup on your

system, or the menus may be in a different place, depending on the BIOS revision.

14.1 Notational conventions

Pay particular attention to texts marked with this symbol. Failure to observe

this warning endangers your health, destroys the system,

or may lead to loss of data. The warranty will be invalidated if the system becomes

defective through failure to take notice of this

warning.

Indicates important information which is required to use the system properly.

► Indicates an activity that must be performed.



Indicates a result.

This font

Indicates data entered using the keyboard in a program dialogue or

command line, e.g. your password ((Name123) or a

command used to

start a program (start.exe).

This font

Indicates information that is displayed on the screen by a program, e.g.:

Installation is complete!.