American Megatrends TPC6000-A2152, User Manual

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3.1
Introduction
The BIOS is programmed onto the BIOS chip, the BIOS setup program allows changes to
certain system settings. This chapter outlines the options that can be changed.
3.1.1 Starting setup
The AMI is activated when the computer is turned on. The setup program can be activated in
one of two ways:
1. Press the <DEL> key as soon as the system is turned on.
2. Press the <DEL> key when the “Press Del to enter SETUP” tips appears on the screen.
If the message disappears before the <DEL> key is pressed, restarted the computer and try
again.
3.1.2 Using setup
Use the arrow keys to highlight items. Press <ENTER> to select, use the <PAGE UP> and
<PAGE DOWN> keys to change entries. Press <F1> for help and press <ESC> to quit.
Navigation keys are shown in.
Key Function
Up arrow Move to previous item
Down arrow Move to next item
Left arrow Move to the item on the left side
Right arrow Move to the item on the right side
ESC Reset
+ Increase the numeric value or make changes
‐ Decrease the numeric value make changes
F1
General help, only for the status page setup
menu and option page setup menu
F2 Previous value
F3 Optimized defaults
F4 Save all the CMOS changes and reset
Table 3 ‐ 1: BIOS navigation keys