Owners Manual

System Setup

The system offers the following options:

• Access System Setup by pressing <F2>

• Bring up a one-time boot menu by pressing <F12>

Press <F2> to enter System Setup and make changes to the user-definable settings. If

you have trouble entering System Setup using this key, press <F2> when the keyboard

LEDs first flash.

Boot Menu

This system includes a one-time boot menu. This feature gives users a quick and

convenient mechanism to bypass the System Setup-defined boot device order and boot

directly to a specific device (for example: floppy, CD-ROM, or hard drive).

Keystroke Function

<Ctrl><Alt><F8> One-time boot and diagnostics utility menu

<F12> One-time boot and diagnostics utility menu

Boot Menu Enhancements

The boot menu enhancements introduced on previous platforms are as follows:

• Easier access — Although the <Ctrl><Alt><F8> keystroke still exists and can be used

to call up the menu, simply press <F12> during system boot to access the menu.

• User prompting — Not only is the menu easy to access, but the user is prompted to

use the keystroke on the BIOS splash screen (see image below). The keystroke is no

longer "hidden" from the user.

• Diagnostics options — The boot menu includes two diagnostic options, IDE Drive

Diagnostics (90/90 Hard Drive Diagnostics) and Boot to the Utility Partition. The