IBM Aptiva 2174, Hardware Maintenance Service

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A dialog box appears confirming if you want to save the CMOS settings (in
this case, the default settings that you reloaded).
4. Use the left-arrow key to select Yes, then press Enter to save the changes in
CMOS.
You must load the Setup default settings in the following instances:
• When you replace the system battery
•
When you customize your system configuration settings and some resource
assignments conflict causing the computer to stop responding.
Exiting Setup
Press Esc to return to the Main Menu after viewing the settings and making the
changes. From this location, you can exit Setup and save your changes or exit
without saving your changes.
Follow these steps to exit Setup:
1. From the main menu, press the Esc key.
2. The Exit Setup dialog box appears. If you have made any changes in the
parameter settings, it will prompt an option to save the changes.
- If you would like to save your changes, press the left-arrow key to select
the option Yes then press Enter to save your changes and exit Setup.
- If you do not want to save your changes, press the right-arrow key to select
the option No then press Enter, to exit Setup without saving.
Viewing System Information, Video Information and Model
Information
To view general hardware information about your computer, select the System
Information option from the Setup main menu. The items displayed in the
System Information menu are not configurable.
Setup automatically updates this menu when you do either of the following:
•
Add or change hardware on your computer
• Make changes to other menus in Setup and save those changes
To view the video information such as the video controller and video memory,
select the video information option from the setup menu.
To view the computer information such as the model number, serial number,
and BIOS version and date, select the Model Information option from the Setup
main menu. Like in the System Information menu, the items displayed are not
configurable.