Bios, Introduction – ADLINK Medical-i7 18/21 User Manual
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PENTA Medical i5/i7
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7. BIOS
CONFIGURATION OVERVIEW
This chapter provides information about necessary BIOS settings. These settings have been carefully
tested by
PENTA and are recommended for proper operation.
On any problems please restore the default BIOS settings first by pressing
values to the one as documented below.
Default BIOS settings are marked as “Default”, recommended settings are marked as
“Recommended”
as they differ from default settings.
7.1. Introduction
The Bios is programmed onto the BIOS chip. The BIOS setup program allows changes to certain
system settings.
7.1.1. Starting Setup
The American Megatrends, Inc. (AMI) BIOS is activated when the computer is turned on. The setup
can be started in one of two ways.
•
Press the
DEL key as soon as the system is turned on or
•
Press the
DEL key when the “Press DEL to enter Setup” message is shown on the screen
If the message disappears before the
DEL key is pressed, restart the system by pressing
CTRL+ALT+DEL and try again.
7.1.2. Using Setup
Use the arrow keys to highlight items, press
Enter to select, use PageUp and PageDown to change
entries, press
F1 for help and ESC to quit.
Key
Function
Up arrow
Move to previous item
Down arrow
Move to next item
Left arrow
Move to the item on the left hand side
Right arrow
Move to the item on the right hand side
Esc
Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS
Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu – Exit
current page and return to Main Menu
F1
General help
F2
Load previous values
F3
Load optimized defaults (AMI default settings)
F4
Save all the CMOS changes and exit
7.1.3. Getting help
When
F1 is pressed a small help window describing the appropriate keys to use and the possible
selections for the highlighted item appears. To exit the Help Window press
Esc or the F1 key again.