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3.1 The Main Menu
Once you enter the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu
appears. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press the
Enter
key
to accept the current value or enter a
sub-menu.
Some options lead to a table of items. These items usually have a value on
the right side. The value of the first item is highlighted, and you can use the
cursor arrow keys to select any of the other values in the table of items. When
an item is highlighted, you can change the value by pressing the
PageUp
or
PageDown
keys, or the
Plus
or
Minus
keys. The
PageUp
and
Plus
keys cycle
forward through the available values, the
PageDown
and
Minus
keys cycle
backwards through the values.
When you are in the main menu, you can exit the utility by pressing the
Escape
key. You can save the current selections and exit the utility by pressing
the F10 key. You can change the color scheme of the
utility by pressing the
F2
key
while
holding down the
Shift
key. When you are in one of the options that
display a dialog box, you can return to the main menu by pressing the
Escape
key.
When you are in one of the options that display a table of items, you can
return to the main menu by pressing the
Escape
key. For some items, you can
display a help message by pressing the
Fl
key. You can change the color
scheme of the utility by pressing the
F2
key while holding down the
Shift
key.
You can press
F5
to discard any changes you have made and return all items to
the last saved values. You can press
F6
to load the displayed items with a list
of fail-safe default values. You can press
F7
to load the displayed items with a
high-performance list of default values.