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inappropriate BIOS setting. Notice that any nondefault settings such as boot order,
passwords, and so on, are also restored to their factory defaults. The <F9> key can also be
used to select this option.
•
Save As User Defaults
—This option saves a copy of the current BIOS settings as the User
Defaults. This option is useful for preserving custom BIOS setup configurations.
•
Restore User Defaults
—This option restores all BIOS settings to the user defaults. This
option is useful for restoring previously preserved custom BIOS setup configurations.
•
Boot Override
—This option lists all possible bootable devices and allows the user to
override the
Boot Option Priorities
list for the current boot. If no changes have been made
to the BIOS setup options, the system will continue booting to the selected device without
first rebooting. If BIOS setup options have been changed and saved, a reboot will be
required and the boot override selection will not be valid.
BIOS Diagnostic Utilities
You can test the hard drive and memory of your controller with the included BIOS diagnostic
utilities.
Accessing BIOS Diagnostic Utilities
Complete the following steps to start the BIOS Diagnostic Utility.
1.
Power on or reboot your controller.
2.
When the message
<F2> to run diagnostics
appears, press the <F2> key. The first
diagnostic utility loads after a short delay.
Hard Drive Diagnostic Utility
The hard drive is tested first upon entry into the BIOS Diagnostic Utilities. A quick test is
performed initially, and a more comprehensive test is performed second. The user may abort and
skip any test by pressing the <Esc> key at any time during that test. After both tests have finished
or been skipped, the user is presented with the testing results. If both tests have succeeded or
been skipped,
Press any key to continue
is displayed. In order to continue with testing, user
interaction is required to press a key on the keyboard.
Note
If either hard drive test fails, the controller is not permitted to boot, and the
user is instructed to turn off the controller and replace the hard drive.
Memory Diagnostic Utility
The memory diagnostic utility is started immediately after the user presses a key to exit the hard
drive diagnostic utility. The user may abort and skip the memory test by pressing the <Esc> key
at any time during this test. After the memory utility has finished or been skipped, the user is
presented with the testing result. If the memory test was successful or skipped,
Press any key
to continue
is displayed. In order to continue to boot the controller, user interaction is required
to press a key on the keyboard.
