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C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p

General help

In addition to the Item Specific Help window, the BIOS setup program also
provides a General Help screen. You may launch this screen from any menu
by simply pressing . The General Help screen lists the legend keys and
their corresponding functions.

Saving changes and exiting the Setup program

See

“2.7 Exit Menu” for detailed information on saving changes and exiting

the setup program.

Scroll bar

When a scroll bar appears to the right of a help window, it indicates that
there is more information to be displayed that will not fit in the window.
Use and or the up and down arrow keys to scroll through
the entire help document. Press to display the first page, press
to go to the last page. To exit the help window, press or
.

Sub-menu

Note that a right pointer symbol (as shown on the
left) appears to the left of certain fields. This pointer
indicates that you can display a sub-menu from this
field. A sub-menu contains additional options for a
field parameter. To display a sub-menu, move the
highlight to the field and press . The sub-
menu appears. Use the legend keys to enter values
and move from field to field within a sub-menu as
you would within a menu. Use the key to
return to the main menu.

Take some time to familiarize yourself with the

legend keys and their corresponding functions. Practice navigating through
the various menus and sub-menus. If you accidentally make unwanted
changes to any of the fields, use the set default hot key to load the
Setup default values. While moving around through the Setup program,
note that explanations appear in the Item Specific Help window located to
the right of each menu. This window displays the help text for the currently
highlighted field.