Personal Computer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Important safety information
- Chapter 1. Product overview
- Chapter 2. You and your computer
- Chapter 3. Security
- Chapter 4. Installing or replacing hardware
- Handling static-sensitive devices
- Installing or replacing hardware
- Installing external options
- Removing the computer cover
- Removing and reinstalling the front bezel
- Installing or replacing a PCI card
- Installing or replacing a memory module
- Installing or replacing the optical drive
- Replacing the card reader
- Replacing the power supply assembly
- Replacing the heat sink and fan assembly
- Replacing the primary hard disk drive
- Replacing the secondary hard disk drive
- Replacing the front fan assembly
- Replacing the rear fan assembly
- Replacing the keyboard or mouse
- Completing the parts replacement
- Chapter 5. Recovery information
- Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility program
- Chapter 7. Configuring RAID
- Chapter 8. Updating system programs
- Chapter 9. Troubleshooting and diagnostics
- Chapter 10. Getting information, help, and service
- Appendix A. Notices
- Appendix B. Regulatory information
- Appendix C. WEEE and recycling information
- Index

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.
2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectPower➙AfterPowerLoss,andpressEnter.
3.SelectPowerOnandpressEnter.
4.PressF10tosavechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.PressEnterwhenpromptedto
conrmtheexit.
Smartperformancechoices
YoucanadjusttheacousticandthermalperformanceofyourcomputerthroughtheSmartPerformance
Choicemenu.Twochoicesareavailable:
•BetterAcousticPerformance(defaultchoice)
•BetterThermalPerformance
ByenablingBetterAcousticPerformance,yourcomputerwillrunwithlessnoiseatanormalthermal
level.ByenablingBetterThermalPerformance,yourcomputerwillrunatabetterthermallevelwith
normalacousticperformance.
Toswitchbetweenbetteracousticperformanceandbetterthermalperformance,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage59.
2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectPower.
3.SelectSmartPerformanceChoice.TheSmartPerformanceChoicewindowisdisplayed.
4.SelectBetterAcousticPerformanceorBetterThermalPerformanceasdesired.
5.PressF10tosaveyoursettingandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.See“ExitingtheSetupUtility
program”onpage63
.
ExitingtheSetupUtilityprogram
Afteryounishviewingorchangingsettings,pressEsctoreturntotheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu.
YoumighthavetopressEscseveraltimes.Dooneofthefollowing:
•Ifyouwanttosavethenewsettings,pressF10tosaveandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
•Ifyoudonotwanttosavethesettings,selectExit➙DiscardChangesandExit,andthenpressEnter.
WhentheResetWithoutSavingwindowshows,selectYes,andthenpressEntertoexittheSetup
Utilityprogram.
•Ifyouwanttoreturntothedefaultsettings,pressF9toloadthedefaultsettings,andthenpressF10to
savechangesandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.
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