Asus A7V8X-X 2.2.1 BIOS menu bar, MAIN, BOOT, EXIT, POWER, ADVANCED

2.2BIOS Setup program

Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard, reconfiguring your system, or prompted to “Run Setup”. This section explains how to configure your system using this utility.

Even if you are not prompted to use the Setup program, you may want to change the configuration of your computer in the future. For example, you may want to enable the security password feature or make changes to the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the EEPROM.

The EEPROM on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the computer, the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program. Press <Delete> during the Power-On Self Test (POST) to enter the Setup utility, otherwise, POST continues with its test routines.

The Setup program is designed to make it as easy to use as possible. It is a menu- driven program, which means you can scroll through the various sub-menus and make your selections among the predetermined choices.

Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS setup screens and descriptions are for reference purposes only, and may not exactly match what you see on your screen.

2.2.1 BIOS menu bar

The top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections:

MAIN	Use this menu to make changes to the basic system
	configuration.
ADVANCED	Use this menu to enable and make changes to the advanced
	features.
POWER	Use this menu to configure and enable Power Management
	features.
BOOT	Use this menu to configure the default system device used to
	locate and load the Operating System.
EXIT	Use this menu to exit the current menu or to exit the Setup
	program.

To access the menu bar items, press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted.

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