5. BIOS Setup
DS-280H Series User’s Manual
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5.
BIOS Setup
Introduction
This chapter discusses Award’s Setup program built into the product. The Setup program allows users to
modify the basic system configuration.
Starting Setup
The Award BIOS is immediately activated when you first power on the computer.
By pressing <DEL> immediately after switching the system on, or
If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system to try
again by turning it OFF then ON. You may also restart by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and
<Delete> keys.
Using Setup
In general, you use the arrow keys to highlight items, press <Enter> to select, use the
F5
and F6 keys to
change entries, press <F1> for help and press <Esc> to quit. The following table provides more detail
about how to navigate in the Setup program using the keyboard.
Table 5.1. Using Setup
Key Function
Up Arrow
Move to the previous item
Down Arrow
Move to the next item
Left Arrow
Move to the item on the left
Right Arrow
Move to the item on the right
Enter
Move to the item you desired
PgUp
Increase the numeric value or make changes
PgDn
Decrease the numeric value or make changes
F1 key
General help on Setup navigation keys
F5 key
Load previous values from CMOS
F7 key
Load the optimized defaults
F10 key
Save all the CMOS changes and exit
Esc
Main Menu
: Quit without saving changes
Submenus
: Exit Current page to the next higher level menu
Getting Help
Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible
selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press <Enter> key.