Working With The Setup Menus - IBM Aptiva Handbook

Not all of the above keys are available on every menu.
Note: The available keys in a menu appear on the bottom of
that menu.
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To view general hardware information about your computer,
select the
System Summary
Setup Utility menu. The items displayed in the System
Information menu are not configurable.
Setup automatically updates this menu when you do either
of the following:
W Add or change hardware on your computer
W Make changes to other menus in Setup and save those
changes
To view other computer information such as the model
number, serial number, and BIOS version and date, select
the option from the Configuration/Setup Utility
Product Data
menu. Like in the System Information menu, the items
displayed are not configurable.
option from the Configuration/
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In the Setup menus, all configuration information that you
can change is enclosed in brackets like these: [ ]. You cannot
change any information that is not enclosed in brackets. Use
the up- or down-arrow keys to highlight options then press
to display a menu. When changing the setting of a
Enter
particular parameter, highlight the setting then use the left-
or right-arrow key to change the setting. Refer to the section
"Setup parameters" on page 6-7 for details on the
configurable parameters in each menu.
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When you purchase an Aptiva computer, it is already
configured for use. The original configuration settings, also
called factory or default settings , are stored in the CMOS.
Setup includes an option Load Default Settings that lets you
reload the original configuration at any time.
If you have made changes in Setup but would like to restore
the default settings, follow these steps:
1.
From the Configuration/Setup Utility menu, highlight
the option
Load Default Settings
dialog box appears confirming if you want to load the
default settings.
2.
Type "Y" to select
Yes
3.
Highlight the
Save & Exit Setup
Enter .
A dialog box appears saying "
(Y/N)?
then press
Enter
, then press .
Enter
option, then press
SAVE to CMOS and EXIT

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