Using the BIOS Setup Program

Boot Device Priority Submenu

 

 

Main

Advanced

Security

Power

Boot

 

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specifies the boot

 

 

1st

Boot Device

 

 

[1st FLOPPY DRIVE]

 

 

 

sequence from the

 

 

2nd

Boot Device

 

 

[xxxxxxxxxxx]

 

 

 

available devices.

 

 

3rd

Boot Device

 

 

[xxxxxxxxxxx]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A device enclosed in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

parenthesis has been

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

disabled in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

corresponding type

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿ ￿

Select Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

￿ ￿

Select Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enter

Select ￿ Sub-Menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1

General Help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P9

Setup Defaults

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F10

Save and Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ESC

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The submenu represented in Table 29 is for setting boot devices priority.

Table 29. Boot Device Priority Submenu

Feature

Options

Description

 

 

 

 

 

1st

Boot Device

Removable Device

Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices. To

2nd Boot Device

Hard Drive

specify boot sequence:

3

rd

Boot Device

ATAPI CD-ROM

1.

Select the boot device with <￿> or <￿>.

 

2.

Press <Enter> to set the selection as the intended boot

 

 

 

Disabled

 

 

 

 

device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The operating system assigns a drive letter to each boot device in the order listed. Changing the order of the devices changes the drive lettering. The default settings for the first through final boot devices are, respectively listed below. The BIOS supports up to sixteen total boot devices in any combination of the boot device types below, with respect to these maximums per type.

Removable Device (maximum of four).

Hard Drive (maximum of 12).

ATAPI CD-ROM (maximum of four).

A device enclosed in parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type menu.

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Intel D865GVHZ manual Boot Device Priority Submenu, Submenu represented in is for setting boot devices priority

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