Computer Setup—Advanced
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.
Table 3-6 Computer Setup—Advanced (for advanced users)
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| Allows you to set: | |
| ● POST mode (QuickBoot, Clear Memory, FullBoot, or FullBoot Every x Days). | |
| ◦ | QuickBoot (default) = Do not clear memory or perform a memory test. |
| ◦ | FullBoot = Memory test (count) on cold boot. Clears memory on all boots. |
| ◦ | Clear Memory = No memory count on cold boot. Clears memory on all boots. |
| ◦ | FullBoot Every x Days = Memory count on 1st cold boot on or after the xth day. No more |
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| memory counts until 1st cold boot on or after x days. Clears memory on all boots. |
| ● POST messages (enable/disable). Enabling this feature will cause the system to display POST | |
| error messages, which are error messages displayed on the monitor during the Power On Self | |
| Test if the BIOS encounters some kind of problem while starting the PC. A POST error message | |
| will only display on screen if the computer is capable of booting this far. If the POST detects | |
| an error before this point, a beep code is generated instead. Default is disabled. | |
| ● Press the ESC key for Startup Menu (Enable/Disable). This feature controls the display of the | |
| text “Press the ESC key for Startup Menu” during POST. This text does not display on | |
| Windows 8 systems with Fast Boot support. Other text also will not display (for example, | |
| Ownership Tag). Default is enabled. | |
| ● Option ROM Prompt (enable/disable). Enabling this feature will cause the system to display a | |
| message before loading option ROMs. Default is enabled. | |
| ● After Power Loss (off/on/previous state). Default is Power off. Setting this option to: | |
| ◦ | Power |
| ◦ | Power |
| ◦ | Previous |
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| restored, if it was on when power was lost. |
| NOTE: If you turn off power to the 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). Enabling this feature will add a | |
| 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 select F10 to enter Computer (F10) Setup. Default is None. | |
| ● Remote Wakeup Boot Source (remote server/local hard drive). Default is Local hard drive. | |
| ● Factory Recovery Boot Support (Enable/Disable). Provides the ability for the BIOS to redirect | |
| the boot to the recovery partition on the user hard drive, if present. Some versions of the | |
| recovery software honor the F11 key press even when this feature is disabled by the BIOS. | |
| Default is disabled. | |
| ● Bypass F1 Prompt on Configuration Changes (Enable/Disable). Allows you to set the computer | |
| not to confirm when changes were made. Default is disabled. | |
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BIOS | Allows you to set the computer to turn on automatically at a time you specify. | |
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