Accessing Bios Setup - Intel DZ77GA-70K Performance Tuning Manual

Intel DZ77GA-70K / DZ77RE-75K Desktop Board Performance Tuning Guide
The log will also be convenient for entering parameters if profiles will be setup using
the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility.
The user may have different performance setting profiles that are needed, depending
on the software applications being run. The Intel Desktop Board DZ77GA-70K BIOS
supports a single profile. The user may either go into BIOS and change the
performance settings as needed or utilize the profile storage capability in the Intel
Extreme Tuning Utility. The Extreme Tuning Utility allows various performance profiles
to be loaded and implemented as needed.
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Accessing BIOS Setup

The BIOS setup screen can be accessed at system startup by pressing the F2 key at
the BIOS screen prompt. It is advisable to run the latest BIOS revision to ensure that
performance features are at the highest level of optimization. The latest version BIOS
can be obtained from http://downloadcenter.intel.com. Instructions for loading the
BIOS into the board can also be found at this link.
Before initiating performance tuning, ensure that the BIOS setup defaults have been
loaded by pressing 'F9' while in BIOS setup mode and then pressing 'F10' to save
those settings.
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NOTE
If you configured your system to boot to RAID or IDE, the F9 key will reset your SATA
configuration to AHCI. If you are not using AHCI, be sure to restore your SATA
configuration prior to pressing F10 to save the settings.
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Boot Screen Menu
F2 – to Enter BIOS setup
F7 – to update system BIOS
F10 – Boot options menu