Toshiba PORTEGE R500 Series, User Manual

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7-8 User’s Manual
PORTÉGÉ R500
Starting and Ending the BIOS Setup Program
Starting the BIOS Setup Program
1. Turn on the computer while pressing the ESC key - if the
Password =
prompt is displayed, enter either the Supervisor Password, if one is set,
or the User Password and press the ENTER key. Please refer to
Chapter 6, the TOSHIBA Password Utility for further details about the
User Password.
2. At the
Check system. Then press [F1] key.
prompt, press the
F1 key - the BIOS setup application will start up.
Ending the BIOS Setup Program
In order to save the changes you have made and end the BIOS setup
application, follow the steps as detailed below:
1. Press the
END key - this will cause the
Are you sure? (Y/N). The
changes you made will cause the system to reboot.
prompt to be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
2. Press the Y key - this will save the configuration changes and end the
BIOS setup application, automatically restarting the computer.
Ending the BIOS Setup Program Halfway
The configuration settings can be terminated halfway without saving any of
the changes made by following the steps detailed below:
1. Press the
ESC key - the
Exit without saving? (Y/N)
prompt to
be displayed at the bottom of the screen.
2. Press the Y key - the BIOS setup application will exit and the computer
will automatically restart.
Supervisor Password
This setting, which is displayed on the first page of the setup screen, Allows
you to register a Supervisor Password of the computer.
Please refer to the operating instructions displayed in the settings screen.
Not Registered
Supervisor Password has not been registered
(Default).
Registered
Supervisor Password has been registered.
The User Password and Supervisor Password configured in BIOS SETUP
can also be changed or deleted using the TOSHIBA Password Utility.
When unable to perform the following operations, use the TOSHIBA
Password Utility to change the configuration or delete the Supervisor
Password.
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Configuration changes in the BIOS Setup Program
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Configuration changes in the HW Setup utility
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Selection of the startup device during computer recovery