Introduction; Starting Setup; Using Setup - American Megatrends TPC6000-A2152 User Manual

Introduction
3.1
The BIOS is programmed onto the BIOS chip, the BIOS setup program allows changes to
certain system settings. This chapter outlines the options that can be changed.
3.1.1 Starting setup
The AMI is activated when the computer is turned on. The setup program can be activated in
one of two ways:
1. Press the <DEL> key as soon as the system is turned on.
2. Press the <DEL> key when the "Press Del to enter SETUP" tips appears on the screen.
If the message disappears before the <DEL> key is pressed, restarted the computer and try
again.
3.1.2 Using setup
Use the arrow keys to highlight items. Press <ENTER> to select, use the <PAGE UP> and
<PAGE DOWN> keys to change entries. Press <F1> for help and press <ESC> to quit.
Navigation keys are shown in.
Down arrow
Right arrow
Table 3‐1: BIOS navigation keys
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Key
Up arrow
Left arrow
ESC
+
‐
F1
F2
F3
F4
Function
Move to previous item
Move to next item
Move to the item on the left side
Move to the item on the right side
Reset
Increase the numeric value or make changes
Decrease the numeric value make changes
General help, only for the status page setup
menu and option page setup menu
Previous value
Optimized defaults
Save all the CMOS changes and reset