IEI Technology PCIE-Q57A, User Manual

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PCIE-Q57A PICMG 1.3 CPU Card
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5.1 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.
5.1.1 Starting Setup
The AMI BIOS is activated when the computer is turned on. The setup program can be
activated in one of two ways.
1. Press the D
ELETE
key as soon as the system is turned on or
2. Press the D
ELETE
key when the “ Press Del to enter SETUP ” message
appears on the screen. 0.
If the message disappears before the D
ELETE
key is pressed, restart the computer and try
again.
5.1.2 Using Setup
Use the arrow keys to highlight items, press E
NTER
to select, use the PageUp and
PageDown keys to change entries, press F1 for help and press E
SC
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 hand side
Right arrow Move to the item on the right hand side
Esc key Main Menu – Quit and not save changes into CMOS
Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu --
Exit current page and return to Main Menu
F1 key General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option
Page Setup Menu
F2 key Load previous values.
F3 key Load optimized defaults