Specifications

4.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.PressEnterwhenpromptedto

conﬁrmtheexit.

•Enablingtheafterpowerlossfeature

Theafterpowerlossfeatureenablesyourcomputertowakeupwhenthepowersupplyresumesaftera

suddenlossofelectricity.Toenabletheafterpowerlossfeature,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.

2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectPower➙AfterPowerLoss,andpressEnter.

3.SelectPowerOnandpressEnter.

4.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.PressEnterwhenpromptedto

conﬁrmtheexit.

ChangingtheBIOSsettingsbeforeinstallinganewoperatingsystem

BIOSsettingsvarybyoperatingsystem.ChangetheBIOSsettingsbeforeinstallinganewoperatingsystem.

TochangetheBIOSsettings,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.

2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectExit➙OSOptimizedDefault.

3.Dependingontheoperatingsystemtobeinstalled,dooneofthefollowing:

•ToinstalltheWindows8(64-bit)orWindows8.1(64-bit)operatingsystem,selectEnabled.

•ToinstallanoperatingsystemotherthanWindows8(64-bit)andWindows8.1(64-bit),select

Disabled.

4.SelectYesinthewindowdisplayedandpressEntertoconﬁrmyourselection.

5.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.See“ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram”

onpage59.

ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram

Afteryouﬁnishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu.

YoumighthavetopressEscseveraltimes.Dooneofthefollowing:

•Ifyouwanttosavethenewsettings,pressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethesettings,selectExit➙DiscardChangesandExit,andthenpressEnter.

WhentheResetWithoutSavingwindowshows,selectYes,andthenpressEntertoexittheSetup

Utilityprogram.

•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9toloadthedefaultsettings,andthenpressF10to

saveandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.

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