NOTE: After installing a memory upgrade, it is normal for your system to send a message the first time you start your system.

Using the System Setup Program

Table 2-1lists the keys that you use to view or change information on the System Setup program screens and to exit the program.

Table 2-1. Setup Menu Key Use

Key

Function

Description

 

 

 

<Enter>

Execute

<Enter> activates and closes sub-menus, and

 

Command

selects sub-fields for time/date only.

<Esc>

Exit

<Esc> provides a way to back out of any field.

 

 

When the <Esc> key is pressed while editing

 

 

any field or selecting features of a menu, the

 

 

parent menu is re-entered. When <Esc> is

 

 

pressed in a submenu, the parent menu is re-

 

 

entered. When <Esc> is pressed in a major

 

 

menu, the exit confirmation window is displayed

 

 

and the user is asked whether changes should be

 

 

saved or discarded.

Up arrow

Select item up

The up arrow is used to select the previous value

 

 

in a menu item's option list. Press <Enter> to

 

 

activate the selected item.

Down arrow

Select item down

The down arrow is used to select the next value

 

 

in a menu item's option list. Press <Enter> to

 

 

activate the selected item.

Left and right

Select menu

The left and right arrow keys are used to select

arrows

 

values for a setup item.

<->

Change value

The minus key scrolls backward through the

 

 

selected item's values.

<+>

Change value

The plus key scrolls forward through the selected

 

 

item's values. On 106-key Japanese keyboards,

 

 

the plus key has a different scan code than the

 

 

plus key on keyboards from other regions, but it

 

 

performs the same function.

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