Setup (Bios) Screens; Main Menu - Gateway Solo 5100 Maintaining & Troubleshooting

72 Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your Solo Notebook

Setup (BIOS) Screens

Your notebook contains a series of Setup menus that control basic setup, security,
and power settings. Using these menus you can adjust options such as the system
clock, your Boot Password, virus check reminder, power management option, and
others.
The menu screens include the Main, Advanced, Security, Power, Boot, and Exit.
Entering the Setup menus disables all function (Fn) keys and power saving
functions.
The menu screens shown in this chapter may differ somewhat from those shown on
your computer. If so, you may have a newer BIOS than described here but the
screens will be similar enough to get the information you need. Follow the on-
screen instructions and helps to navigate through the menus.
1. Start your notebook.
2. Press the <F2> key when prompted to do so. The "Entering Setup..."
message briefly shows and then the Main menu appears.
3. Follow the instructions along the bottom of the menus to navigate through the
different options and menus. An Item Specific Help area providing additional
information is also located along the right side of each menu.

Main menu

The Main menu controls a variety of basic setup options.The following provides a
view of the options controlled through the Main menu:
To access the Setup menus