Load Optimal Defaults; Load Failsafe Defaults; Save Changes And Exit; Discard Changes And Exit - Foxconn P35A Series User Manual

load optimal Defaults

Optimal defaults are the best settings of this mainboard. Always load
the Optimal defaults after updating the BIOS or after clearing the CMOS
values.
Select this option and press Enter, it will pop out a dialogue box to let
you load the defaults. Select <OK> and then press <Enter> to load the
defaults. Select <Cancel> and press <Enter>, it will not load.
By this default, BIOS have set the optimal performance parameters of system to improve the
performances of system components. But if the optimal performance parameters to be set cannot
be supported by your hardware devices (for example, too many expansion cards were installed),
the system might fail to work.

load failsafe Defaults

If you encounter any system unstable problem, you may try to load Fail-
Safe defaults, which are the safest and most stable BIOS settings for the
motherboard.
Select this option and press Enter, it will pop out a dialogue box to let
you load the defaults. Select <OK> and then press <Enter> to load the
defaults. Select <Cancel> and press <Enter>, it will not load.
The BIOS have set the basic and safest default functions to ensure the stability of your system. If
your computer fails to run properly, then you may load this default to recover the system back to
normal, and carry out failure analysis in next step.

Save Changes and Exit

When you select this option and press <Enter>, a message
will be displayed in the center of the screen:
Select [OK] to save your changes to CMOS and exit the
program, select [Cancel] or <ESC> to return to the main
menu.

Discard Changes and Exit

If you select this option and press <Enter>, the following message
will be displayed in the center of the screen:
Select [OK] to exit CMOS without saving your modifications,
select [Cancel] or <ESC> to return to the main menu.
Save configuration changes and exit setup?
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Load Optimal Defaults?
[OK] [OK] [Cancel]
Load FailSafe Defaults?
[OK]
[OK] [Cancel]
[OK] [OK] [Cancel]
Discard changes and exit setup?
[OK] [OK] [Cancel]