Save & Exit Setup, Exit Without Saving

2-11 Save & Exit Setup

Standard CMOS Features	Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Advanced BIOS Features	Load Optimized Defaults
Integrated Peripherals	Set Supervisor Password
Power Management Setup	Set User Password
PnP/PCI Configurations	Save to CMOS and EXITSave(Y/N)?& ExitY Setup
PC Health Status	Exit Without Saving
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
ESC: Quit	: Select Item	F11: Save CMOS to BIOS
F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash	F10: Save & Exit Setup	F12: Load CMOS from BIOS
	Save Data to CMOS

Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup value to RTC CMOS. Type "N" will return to Setup Utility.

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2-12 Exit Without Saving

Standard CMOS Features	Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Advanced BIOS Features	Load Optimized Defaults
Integrated Peripherals	Set Supervisor Password
Power Management Setup	Set User Password
PnP/PCI Configurations	Quit Without Saving (Y/N)?Save &NExit Setup
PC Health Status	Exit Without Saving
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
ESC: Quit	: Select Item	F11: Save CMOS to BIOS
F8: Dual BIOS/Q-Flash	F10: Save & Exit Setup	F12: Load CMOS from BIOS
	Abandon all Data

Type "Y" will quit the Setup Utility without saving to RTC CMOS.

Type "N" will return to Setup Utility.

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BIOS Setup

GA-N680SLI-DQ6 specifications

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