Advanced BIOS Features

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Advanced BIOS Features

Quick Boot

[Enabled]

Quiet Boot

[Disabled]

1st Boot device

[Hard Drive]

2nd Boot device

[CD/DVD]

3rd Boot device

[Removable Dev.]

4th Boot device

[Network]

► Hard Disk Drive Priority

[Press Enter]

► Optical Disk Drive Priority

[Press Enter]

► Removable Device Priority

[Press Enter]

► Network Device Priority

[Press Enter]

Bootup Num-Lock

[On]

USB Beep Message

[Disabled]

Help Item

Allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting. This will decrease the time needed to boot the system.

 

:Move

Enter:Select

+/-/:Value

ESC:Exit

 

 

F1:General Help

 

F9:Optimized Defaults

F10:Save

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parameter

Description

 

 

 

Option

 

 

 

Quick Boot

Allows you to decrease the time it takes to boot the computer by shortening

Enabled

 

or skipping certain standard booting process.

 

Disabled

 

 

 

Quiet Boot

When enabled, the BIOS splash screen displays during startup.

Enabled

 

When disabled, the diagnostic screen displays during startup.

Disabled

 

 

 

 

1st/2nd/3rd/4th Boot Device

Specifies the boot order from the available devices.

 

Hard Disk

 

 

 

 

 

CD/DVD

 

 

 

 

 

Removable Dev.

 

 

 

 

 

LAN

 

 

 

Hard Disk Drive Priority

Press Enter to access the Hard Disk Drive Priority submenu and specify the boot device

 

priority sequence from available hard drives.

 

 

 

 

Optical Disk Drive Priority

Press Enter to access the Optical Disk Drive Priority submenu and specify the boot device

 

priority sequence from available CD/DVD drives.

 

 

 

 

Removable Device Priority

Press Enter to access the Removable Device Priority submenu and specify the boot device

 

priority sequence from available removable drives.

 

 

 

 

Network Device Priority

Press Enter to access the Network Device Priority submenu and specify the boot sequence

 

from available network devices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bootup Num-Lock

Selects power on state for Num Lock.

 

On

 

 

 

 

 

Off

 

 

 

USB Beep Message

Enables or disables BIOS to display error beeps or messages during USB

Disabled

 

device enumeration.

 

 

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

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