5.10Changing POST Options

These instructions are optional, but you can use them to change the operations that the server performs during POST testing.

1.Initialize the BIOS Setup utility by pressing the F2 key while the system is performing the power-on self-test (POST).

The BIOS Main Menu screen is displayed.

2.From the BIOS Main Menu screen, select the Boot menu.

3.From the Boot Settings screen, select Boot Settings Configuration.

4.On the Boot Settings Configuration screen, you can enable or disable the options shown in TABLE 5-2

TABLE 5-2POST Options

Option

Description

 

 

Quick Boot

This option is disabled by default. If you enable Quick Boot, the BIOS skips certain tests

 

while booting, such as the extensive memory test. This decreases the time it takes for the

 

system to boot.

Quiet Boot

This option is disabled by default.

 

 

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