Main Advanced Power
Boot
Tools
Exit

4.2.1BIOS menu screen

Menu items

Menu bar

 

 

 

Advanced

 

Power

 

 

 

 

Main

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Time

System Date

Legacy Diskette A

Language

Configuration fields

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot Tools Exit

[17:41:19]

[Mon 01/14/2008] [1.44M, 3.5 in.] [English]

General help

Use [ENTER]. [TAB], or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field.

Use [+] or [-] to configure system time.

Primary IDE Master

:

[Not Detected]

Primary IDE Slave

:

[Not Detected]

Secondary IDE Master

:

[Not Detected]

Secondary IDE Slave

:

[Not Detected]

Third IDE Master

:

[Not Detected]

Third IDE Slave

:

[Not Detected]

Storage Configuration

 

 

System Information

 

 

Select Screen

Select Item

+- Change Option

Tab Select Field

F1 General Help

F10 Save and Exit

ESC Exit

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Sub-menu items

Navigation keys

4.2.2Menu bar

The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items:

For changing the basic system configuration

For changing the advanced system settings

For changing the advanced power management (APM) configuration

For changing the system boot configuration

For configuring options for special functions

For selecting the exit options and loading default settings

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

4.2.3Navigation keys

At the bottom right corner of a menu screen are the navigation keys for that particular menu. Use the navigation keys to select items in the menu and change the settings.

Some of the navigation keys differ from one screen to another.

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Asus Z7S WS manual Bios menu screen, Menu bar, Navigation keys

Z7S WS specifications

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