Troubleshooting and Maintenance

Configuring Your Notebook

Boot Menu

Setting

Description

Default

 

 

 

 

Hard Drive

Shows the order of boot devices. Move the entries to

1.

Hard Drive

+Removable Devices

change the order. If the notebook has more than one

2.

Removable

CD-ROM Drive

device in a + category, you can select the one

 

Devices

Built-in LAN

scanned. Built-in LAN provides diskless boot from a

3.

CD-ROM Drive

 

network server.

4.

Built-in LAN

 

 

 

 

 

Exit Menu

 

Setting

Description

Default

 

 

 

Save Changes and Exit

Saves Setup changes, then exits and reboots.

 

 

 

 

Discard Changes

Discards any Setup changes made since last save,

 

and Exit

then exits and reboots. Does not affect password, date,

 

 

or time changes.

 

 

 

 

Get Default Values

Restores default settings, and remains in Setup. Does

 

 

not affect password, date, or time changes.

 

 

 

 

 

To change video memory settings using BIOS Setup utility

 

The notebook comes with either 32MB or 16MB of video memory.

 

 

Note

Changing your video memory to 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, or 64MB may change the

 

performance of your notebook, depending on your selection.

 

 

To change your video memory:

1.Select Start > Turn Off Computer > Restart.

2.Press F2 when the splash screen appears.

3.Move the down arrow key until UMA Video Memory is highlighted. Press Enter to bring up a list of memory settings. Selections include 8 MB, 16MB, 64MB, or Auto.

4.Press F10 to save configuration changes and exit BIOS screen.

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