Acer 420 manual Bios Setup Utility, Navigating the Bios Utility

Chapter 2

System Utilities

BIOS Setup Utility

The BIOS Setup Utility is a hardware configuration program built into your computer’s BIOS (Basic Input/ Output System).

Your computer is already properly configured and optimized, and you do not need to run this utility. However, if you encounter configuration problems, you may need to run Setup. Please also refer to Chapter 4 Troubleshooting when problem arises.

To activate the BIOS Utility, press mduring POST (when “Press <F2> to enter Setup” message is prompted on the bottom of screen).

Press F12 to change boot order. Press C to boot from CD-ROM.

Navigating the BIOS Utility

There are six menu options: Info. Main, System Devices, Security, Boot and Exit.

Follow these instructions:

To choose a menu, use the cursor left/right keys (zx).

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