Users Guide

• Configuring peak shift battery charging
• Configuring keyboard backlight color option
Configuration options
You can customize the BIOS settings and create a configuration package using the available configuration options that are described in
the following table:
Table 2. Configuration options
Options Description
View/Change
Click to view or change the selected configuration and load a new configuration. When you click View/
Change to load a new configuration, the configuration screen is displayed. After you have made the
preferred modifications, click Save to save the changes, or click Cancel to return to the previous
configuration.
NOTE: If you try to load a new configuration without exporting the configured BIOS
options, and then a screen is displayed. Click Discard Changes to discard the configured
values or click Cancel to go to the same configuration.
Edit Click to edit the loaded configuration.
Advanced view
Click to view the configuration details such as, command-line options and possible values that you can set
for the option, current value of the option, options to apply settings, and description of the option.
NOTE: You can view the current value of an option if you have loaded the settings of the
host system.
Basic view
Click to view the configuration details such as, category to which the option belongs, name of the option,
possible values that you can set for the option, current value of the option, options to apply settings, and
the description of the option.
NOTE: You can view the current value of an option if you have loaded the settings of the
host system.
Validate Click to validate the loaded configuration against the configuration of the host system. For more
information, see BIOS option validation.
Search Search for a text string in the table. Type the text in the search box and the first occurrence of the text
in the table is selected.
Category
Click to select the required categories from the drop-down list.
NOTE: You can view this option only in Basic View.
Name
Displays the name of the options.
NOTE: You can view this option only in Basic View.
Value to set Displays the value of the option. Double-click the row or click Edit to change the values.
Present Value
Displays the current value of the option.
NOTE: You can view this option if you have loaded the settings of the host system.
Apply settings Select the check box to export the option. By default, all the options that contain a value in the Value to
set column are selected.
Description Displays a short description of the option.
Command-Line Options
Displays the command-line representation of the options.
NOTE: You can view this option only in Advance View.
Status
Displays the status of the options of the loaded configuration.
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