Abit CX6 User Manual page 37

Introduction of the BIOS
# Press F5 to reset current screen settings to their Setup Default values.
# Press F6 to return to the Fail-Safe Default setting i.e. if you use the wrong settings
causing a system boot failure, use this function key to quickly return to the system default
settings.
# Press F7 to quickly set the system to the Optimized Defaults setting.
The item heading in the square outlet represents the default setting for that field
Maybe you have heard of someone losing CMOS DATA. What is the CMOS? Is it
important? CMOS is the memory in which the BIOS parameters that you have
configured are stored. This memory is passive, you can both read its data, and store data
in it. But this memory has to be powered by a battery in order to avoid data loss when
the computer is turned off. If the CMOS battery dies, you will loose all CMOS data. We
therefore recommend that you write down all the parameters of your hardware, or you
put a label with these parameters on your hard disk.
In some setup menu screens, you can see the
scroll bar on the right side of the window.
You can use the , and - keys or the up and
down arrow keys to scroll the screen to view
more help information or functions to select.
You may see the right cursor symbol appear
on the left side of some items, indicating that
additional information or options can be
select in a Sub-Menu for this item.
Note
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