
HN440 USER’S GUIDE
B I O S S e t u p 3 5
BIOS SETUP
The BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) mediates between the
computer’s hardware and its software (principally the
operating system). The HN440 uses a BIOS from Phoenix
Technologies Ltd.
Setup is part of the BIOS firmware. It allows you to view and
alter a record of the computer’s hardware configuration held
in battery-backed memory.
To start the BIOS Setup utility
1.
Turn on or restart your computer.
2.
When the message
Press <F2> to enter Setup
appears
on the screen, press the
F2
key.
3.
If you have previously defined a Supervisor password,
you are prompted for it before BIOS Setup starts.
Control keys
Use the keys listed in the legend bar at the bottom of the
BIOS Setup screen to make your selections or exit the current
menu (see table on next page).
Sub-menus are marked by a triangular pointer. To display a
sub-menu, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the sub-
menu you want, then press
Enter
.
Changeable fields are enclosed in square brackets. To select
an item, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the field
you want. Then use the
Plus
(+) and
Minus
(–) keys to select
a value for that field.
Caution
The default BIOS settings may not be appropriate for your
particular system. Make a note of the current settings before
pressing
F9
or using the
Load Setup Defaults
option of the
Exit
menu.