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Chapter 4: bios settings, Accessing the bios menu, Navigating the bios menu – Lanner FW-7525 User Manual

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Chapter 4:

BIOS Settings

Accessing the BIOS menu

When you are installing a motherboard or when the

system prompts “Run Setup” during start-up, you will use

the BIOS Setup program to configure the system, . This

section explains how to configure your system using this

program.
Even if you are not prompted to enter the BIOS Setup

program when you are installing a motherboard, you can

still change the configuration of your computer later on

with this program. For example, you may want to enable

the security password feature or change the power

management settings. This requires you to reconfigure

your system by using the BIOS Setup program so that the

computer can recognize these changes and record them

in the CMOS RAM .
When you start up the computer, the system provides

you with the opportunity to run this program. Press

during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to

enter the Setup utility (There are a few cases that other

keys may be used, such as , , and so forth.);

otherwise, POST continues with its test routines.
If you wish to enter Setup after POST, restart the system

by pressing , or by pressing the reset

button on the system chassis. You can also restart by

turning the system off and then back on. Do this last

option only if the first two failed.
The Setup program is designed to make it as easy to

use as possible. Being a menu-driven program, it lets

you scroll through the various sub-menus and make

your selections from the available options using the

navigation keys.

Note: This manual describes the standard look of

the setup screen. There may be some instances in which

the motherboard features can vary from one to another

due to customization. This means that some of the

options described in this manual mays not match that of

your motherboard’s AMIBIOS.

Navigating the BIOS menu

The BIOS setup utility uses a key-based navigation

system called hot keys. Most of the BIOS setup utility hot

keys can be used at any time during the setup navigation

process.

These keys include , , , ,

keys, and so on.

Keys

Description

-><- Left/Right

The Left and Right
keys allow you to select an setup
screen. For example: Main screen,
Advanced screen, Boot screen, and
so on.

Up/Down

The Up and Down keys
allow you to select an setup item or
sub-screen.

+- Plus/Minuss

The Plus and Minus keys
allow you to change the field value
of a particular setup item. For
example: Date and Time.

Tab

The key allows you to select
setup fields.

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