Table 4. Post Hot-Keys - Intel S2600KPFR Product Specifications

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2.16.1.2 Hot Keys Supported During POST

Certain "Hot Keys" are recognized during POST. A Hot Key is a key or key combination that is

recognized as an unprompted command input, that is, the operator is not prompted to press

the Hot Key and typically the Hot Key will be recognized even while other processing is in

progress.

The BIOS recognizes a number of Hot Keys during POST. After the OS is booted, Hot Keys are

the responsibility of the OS and the OS defines its own set of recognized Hot Keys.

The following table provides a list of available POST Hot Keys along with a description for

each.

HotKey Combination

<F2>

<F6>

<F12>

<Esc>

<Pause>

2.16.1.3 POST Logo/Diagnostic Screen

The Logo/Diagnostic Screen appears in one of two forms:

If Quiet Boot is enabled in the <F2> BIOS setup, a "splash screen" is displayed with a

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logo image, which may be the standard Intel Logo Screen or a customized OEM Logo

Screen. By default, Quiet Boot is enabled in BIOS setup, so the Logo Screen is the

default POST display. However, if the logo is displayed during POST, the user can

press <Esc> to hide the logo and display the Diagnostic Screen instead.

If a customized OEM Logo Screen is present in the designated Flash Memory location,

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the OEM Logo Screen will be displayed, overriding the default Intel Logo Screen.

If a logo is not present in the BIOS Flash Memory space, or if Quiet Boot is disabled in

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the system configuration, the POST Diagnostic Screen is displayed with a summary of

system configuration information. The POST Diagnostic Screen is purely a Text Mode

screen, as opposed to the Graphics Mode logo screen.

If Console Redirection is enabled in Setup, the Quiet Boot setting is disregarded and

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the Text Mode Diagnostic Screen is displayed unconditionally. This is due to the

limitations of Console Redirection, which transfers data in a mode that is not

graphics-compatible.

2.16.1.4 BIOS Boot Pop-Up Menu

The BIOS Boot Specification (BBS) provides a Boot Pop-up menu that can be invoked by

pressing the <F6> key during POST. The BBS Pop-up menu displays all available boot devices.