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Chapter 2: BIOS Information

2.3.1 BIOS menu bar

The top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections:

MAIN

Use this menu to make changes to the basic system
configuration.

ADVANCED

Use this menu to enable and make changes to the advanced
features.

POWER

Use this menu to configure and enable Power Management
features.

BOOT

Use this menu to configure the default system device used to
locate and load the Operating System.

EXIT

Use this menu to exit the current menu or to exit the Setup
program.

To access the menu bar items, press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until
the desired item is highlighted.

2.3.2 Legend bar

At the bottom of the Setup screen is a legend bar. The keys in the legend bar allow
you to navigate through the various setup menus. The following table lists the keys
found in the legend bar with their corresponding functions.

Navigation Key(s)

Function Description

Displays the General Help screen

Navigates the Item Help screen

Loads previous values

Loads fail-safe default values

Loads optimized values

Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from
a sub-menu

Left or Right arrow

Selects the menu item to the left or right

Up or Down arrow

Moves the highlight up or down between fields

Page Down or – (minus)

Scrolls backward through the values for the highlighted
field

Page Up or + (plus)

Scrolls forward through the values for the highlighted field

Brings up a selection menu for the highlighted field

Saves changes and exit

Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following
BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference purposes only,
and may not exactly match what you see on your screen.