BIOS
K
EYBOARD
C
OMMANDS
3-2
When Quiet Boot is disabled, there will be a message “press <
F2
> to enter setup” dis-
played on the diagnostics screen.
Serious errors will cause the system to enter setup, opening with the error manager
screen.
Keyboard Commands
The bottom right portion of the Setup screen provides a list of commands that are used to
navigate through the Setup utility. These commands are displayed at all times.
Each Setup menu page contains a number of features. Except those used for informative
purposes, each feature is associated with a value field. This field contains user-selectable
parameters. Depending on the security option chosen and in effect by the password, a
menu feature's value may or may not be changeable. If a value is non-changeable, the fea-
ture's value field is inaccessible and displays as "grayed out."
Table 2: Keyboard Commands
K
EY
O
PTION
D
ESCRIPTION
<
Enter
>
Execute Command
The <
Enter
> key is used to activate sub-menus when the selected fea-
ture is a sub-menu, or to display a pick list if a selected option has a
value field, or to select a sub-field for multi-valued features like time
and date. If a pick list is displayed, the
<
Enter
>
key will select the cur-
rently highlighted item, undo the pick list, and return the focus to the
parent menu.
<
Esc
>
Exit
The <
Esc
> key provides a mechanism for backing out of any field.
When the <
Esc
> key is pressed while editing any field or selecting fea-
tures of a menu, the parent menu is re-entered.
When the <
Esc
> key is pressed in any sub-menu, the parent menu is
re-entered. When the <
Esc
> key is pressed in any major menu, the exit
confirmation window is displayed and the user is asked whether
changes can be discarded. If
No
is selected and the <
Enter
> key is
pressed, or if the <
Esc
> key is pressed, the user is returned to where
he/she was before <
Esc
> was pressed, without affecting any existing
any settings. If
Yes
is selected and the <
Enter
> key is pressed, setup is
exited and the BIOS returns to the main System Options Menu screen.
↑
Select Item
The up arrow is used to select the previous value in a pick list, or the
previous option in a menu item's option list. The selected item must
then be activated by pressing the
<
Enter
> key.
↓
Select Item
The down arrow is used to select the next value in a menu item's
option list, or a value field's pick list. The selected item must then be
activated by pressing the
<
Enter
>
key.
←→
Select Menu
The left and right arrow keys are used to move between the major
menu pages. The keys have no affect if a sub-menu or pick list is dis-
played.
<
Tab
>
Select Field
The
<
Tab
>
key is used to move between fields. For example,
<
Tab
>
can be used to move from hours to minutes in the time item in the
main menu.
