Gigabyte GA-M55S-S3 The Main Menu For example BIOS Ver. FAa, F12 For Boot Menu, English

English

<F12> : For Boot Menu

Select boot sequence for onboard (or add-on cards) device.

Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG, An Energy Star Ally Copyright (C) 1984-2006, Award Software, Inc.

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Boot Menu

== Select a Boot First device ==

Floppy

LS120

Hard Disk

CDROM

ZIP

USB-FDD

USB-ZIP

USB-CDROM

USB-HDD

Legacy LAN

:Move Enter:Accept ESC:Exit

Press <F12> to enter the Boot Menu and use < > or < > to select a device, then press enter to accept. Press <ESC> to exit this menu.

The Main Menu (For example: BIOS Ver. : FAa)

Once you enter Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as figure below) will appear on the screen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter the sub-menu.

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

Standard CMOS Features	Load Fail-Safe Defaults
Advanced BIOS Features	Load Optimized Defaults
Integrated Peripherals	Set Supervisor Password
Power Management Setup	Set User Password
PnP/PCI Configurations	Save & Exit Setup
PC Health Status	Exit Without Saving
MB Intelligent Tweaker(M.I.T.)
Esc: Quit	: Select Item	F11: Save CMOS to BIOS
F8: Q-Flash	F10: Save & Exit Setup	F12: Load CMOS from BIOS
	Time, Date, Hard Disk Type...

1. If you don't find the settings you want, press "Ctrl+F1" to access advanced options.

2. Select the Load Optimized Defaults item in the BIOS Setup when somehow the system is not stable as usual. This action makes the system reset to the default settings for stability.

3.The BIOS Setup menus described in this chapter are for reference only and may differ from the exact settings for your motherboard.

BIOS Setting Recovery

F11 : Save CMOS to BIOS

This function allows you to make a record of the current CMOS settings as a profile. You can create up to 8 profiles (Profile 1-8) and give each of them a name.

F12 : Load CMOS from BIOS

If your system becomes unstable and you load the default BIOS settings, you can use this function to reload the CMOS settings with a CMOS settings profile created before, without the hassles of resetting the CMOS configurations.

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