Gigabyte GA-8I915ME Series user manual Main Menu For example GA-8I915ME-GV / Bios Ver. F2

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The BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter are for reference only and may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard.

The Main Menu

(For example: GA-8I915ME-GV / BIOS Ver.: F2)

Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on the screen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2005 Award Software

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Standard CMOS Features

Load Fail-Safe Defaults

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Advanced BIOS Features

Load Optimized Defaults

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Integrated Peripherals

Set Supervisor Password

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Power Management Setup

Set User Password

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PnP/PCI Configurations

Save & Exit Setup

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PC Health Status

Exit Without Saving

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Frequency/Voltage Control

 

ESC: Quit

KLJI: Select Item

F8: Q-Flash

F10: Save & Exit Setup

 

Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

If you can't find the setting you want, please press "Ctrl+F1" to search the advanced option hidden.

Please Load Optimized Defaults in the BIOS when somehow the system works not stable as usual. This action makes the system reset to the default for stability.

„Standard CMOS Features

This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS.

„Advanced BIOS Features

This setup page includes all the items of Award special enhanced features.

„Integrated Peripherals

This setup page includes all onboard peripherals.

„Power Management Setup

This setup page includes all the items of Green function features.

„PnP/PCI Configuration

This setup page includes all the configurations of PCI & PnP ISA resources.

„PC Health Status

This setup page is the System auto detect Temperature, voltage, fan, speed.

„Frequency / Voltage Control

This setup page is control CPU clock and frequency ratio.

„Load Fail-Safe Defaults

Fail-Safe Defaults indicates the value of the system parameters which the system would be in safe configuration.

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