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Running the Setup Utility
Each time your computer starts, before the operating system loads, a mes-
sage appears on the screen that prompts you to “
Hit <DEL> if you want to run
SETUP
”. When you see this message, press the
Delete
key and the Main
menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor.
BIOS Navigation Keys
You can use the cursor arrow keys to highlight any of the options on the main
menu page. Press
Enter
to select the highlighted option. To exit the setup
utility, press the
Escape
key. To cycle through the Setup Utility’s optional color
schemes press down the
F2/F3
.
Some of the options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with in-
stalled values. In these pages, use the cursor arrow keys to highlight the items,
and then use the
PgUp
and
PgDn
keys to cycle through the alternate values
for each item. Other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes that
require you to answer Yes or No by hitting the Y or N keys.
If you have already made changes to the setup utility, press
F10
to save those
changes and exit the utility. Press
F5
to reset the changes to the original val-
ues. Press
F6
to install the setup utility with a set of high-performance values.