Setup Utilities and Diagnostics Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Option

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced*

Power-On Options

Allows you to set:

 

*For

 

• POST mode (QuickBoot, FullBoot, or FullBoot every 1-30 days).

 

advanced

 

• POST messages (enable/disable).

 

users only

 

 

 

• F9 prompt (enable/disable). Enabling this feature will display

 

 

 

 

 

 

the text F9=Boot Menu during POST. Disabling this feature

 

 

 

prevents the text from being displayed but pressing F9 will still

 

 

 

access the Shortcut Boot (Order) Menu screen. See Storage >

 

 

 

Boot Order for more information.

 

 

 

• F10 prompt (enable/disable). Enabling this feature will display

 

 

 

the text F10=Setup during POST. Disabling this feature

 

 

 

prevents the text from being displayed but pressing F10 will still

 

 

 

access the Setup screen.

 

 

 

• F12 prompt (enable/disable). Enabling this feature will display

 

 

 

the text F12=Network Service Boot during POST.

 

 

 

Disabling this feature prevents the text from being displayed but

 

 

 

pressing F12 will still force the system to attempt booting from

 

 

 

the network.

 

 

 

• Option ROM* prompt (enable/disable). Enabling this feature

 

 

 

will cause the system to display a message before loading

 

 

 

options ROMs. (This feature is supported on some models only.)

 

 

 

• Remote wakeup boot source (remote server/local hard drive).

 

 

 

• After Power Loss (off/on/previous state): Set this option to ON:

 

 

 

•Off - causes the computer to remain powered off when power

 

 

 

is restored.

 

 

 

•On - causes the computer to power on automatically as soon

 

 

 

as power is restored.

 

 

 

•On - allows you to power on the computer using a power strip

 

 

 

switch, if the computer is connected to an electric power strip.

 

 

 

•Previous state - causes the computer to power on automatically

 

 

 

as soon as power is restored, if it was on when power was

 

 

 

lost.

 

 

 

✎ If you turn off power to your computer using the switch on a

 

 

 

power strip, you will not be able to use the suspend/sleep feature

 

 

 

or the Remote Management features.

•POST Delay (in seconds) (enable/disable). Enabling this feature will add a user-specified delay to the POST process. This delay is sometimes needed for hard disks on some PCI cards that spin up very slowly; so slowly that they are not ready to boot by the time POST is finished. The POST delay also gives you more time to press F10 to enter Computer (F10) Setup.

•I/O APIC Mode (enable/disable). Enabling this feature will allow Microsoft Windows Operating Systems to run optimally. This feature must be disabled for certain non-Microsoft Operating Systems to work properly.

✎Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.

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