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Navigating BIOS Setup
To navigate the BIOS Setup menu or change BIOS settings, use keyboard keys as follows:
Key
Function
F
1
Display the General Help window.
ESC
Exit the current menu.
←
→
Select the next menu.
↑
↓
Move the cursor up and down between fields
TAB
Move the cursor forward through the cells for a highlighted field.
TAB
+
SHIFT
Move the cursor backward through the cells for a highlighted field.
+/- or space bar
Scroll forward through the options for the highlighted field.
F
9
Set the parameters for the current menu to their default values.
F
10
Exit BIOS Setup, setting the parameters for the current menu to their
previous values.
E
NTER
Execute commands, or open a submenu that has a plus mark [+] on the
left side of the menu.
NOTE
When you highlight a field, information about the field appears on the right side of the screen.
BIOS Setup also provides a General Help window that can be opened from any menu by
pressing
F
1
.
BIOS Setup Menus
To change a BIOS setting, you must select the appropriate BIOS Setup menu, select the
appropriate field in the menu, and change the setting. BIOS Setup is composed of six menus:
Menu
Function
Main
Configure basic system features
Advanced
Configure advanced system features
Security
Enable security features and set passwords
Power
Configure power-saving system features
Boot
Configure the system’s boot order
Exit
Save changes and exit from BIOS Setup
NOTE
If your computer will not boot after you have changed settings and exited from BIOS Setup,
reboot and press
F
2
to reenter BIOS Setup. Once in BIOS Setup, you can try to change the
settings that caused the boot to fail. If problems persist, press
F
9
to load the default settings.
