Microsoft P4X4-ALH manual Load Fail-Safe Defaults / Load Optimized Defaults

Managing The PC BIOS

CPU Clock

This field allows a timing combination for the CPU to be selected. There is a large range of possible combinations (+/- 1MHz to 132MHz). If Default is se- lected the BIOS will use the clock values for the CPU card.

3.11. Load Fail-Safe Defaults / Load Optimized Defaults

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

4Standard CMOS Features			4Frequency/Voltage Control
4Advanced		BIOS Features
				Load Fail-Safe Defaults
4Advanced		Chipset Features		Load Optimized Defaults
4Integrated		Peripherals		Set	Supervisor Password
4Power	Management Setup			Set	User	Password
4PNP/PCI Configuration				Save &		Exit	Setup
4PC Health Status				Exit	Without		Saving
Esc : Quit	F9	: Menu in BIOS			← ↑ ↓ → : Select Item

Load Fail-Safe / Optimized Defaults

3.11.1. Load Fail-Safe Defaults

This option loads troubleshooting default values which are permanently stored on the BIOS ROM Chip. If you made changes to the BIOS settings and your system has become unstable, you can change it back to the default settings. If you have made many changes to the BIOS settings and you are not sure which setting is causing the problem then you should choose this option. This will load the minimal performance settings and stabilize your system.

3.11.2. Load Optimized Defaults

There is CMOS memory on the mainboard that can be used to store the sys- tem settings. If you don't know how to use the Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility to select the settings, you may use this field to load the optimized defaults which are defined in the system BIOS. Our engineer recommends the Opti- mized Defaults. If this option is selected it will give a series of parameters that will ensure the reliability and performance of your PC.

If you lose your CMOS data or you don’t know how to complete the setup pro- cedure, you may use this option to load the Optimized default values from the BIOS default table.

If the CMOS data is corrupted, or if you selected some CMOS settings and find that the PC system becomes very unstable, you should try to load the opti- mized default values first and then re-configure the BIOS.

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