Asus M4A785TD-V EVO U3S6: 2.6 Boot menu

2.6 Boot menu: Asus M4A785TD-V EVO U3S6

Smart Q-Fan Function [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the ASUS Q-Fan feature that smartly adjusts the fan speeds

for more efcient system operation. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

2.6 Boot menu

The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options. Select an item then

press <Enter> to display the sub-menu.

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Main Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit

Boot Settings

Species the Boot

Device Priority

sequence.

Boot Device Priority

A virtual oppy disk

drive (Floppy Drive B:)

Boot Settings Conguration

may appear when you set

Security

the CD-ROM drive as the

rst boot device.

Select Screen

Select Item

Enter Go to Sub Screen

F1 General Help

F10 Save and Exit

ESC Exit

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2.6.1 Boot Device Priority

1st ~ xxth Boot Device

These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. The

number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices

installed in the system. Conguration options: [Removable Dev.] [Hard Drive]

[ATAPI CD-ROM] [Disabled]

2.6.2 Boot Settings Conguration

Quick Boot [Enabled]

Enabling this item allows the BIOS to skip some power on self tests (POST) while booting

to decrease the time needed to boot the system. When this item is set to [Disabled], BIOS

performs all the POST items. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Full Screen Logo [Enabled]

This allows you to enable or disable the full screen logo display feature. Conguration

options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Set this item to [Enabled] to use the ASUS MyLogo2™ feature.

AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS]

Sets the display mode for option ROM. Conguration options: [Force BIOS] [Keep Current]

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Bootup Num-Lock [On]

Selects the power-on state for the NumLock. Conguration options: [Off] [On]

Wait for ‘F1’ If Error [Enabled]

When this item is set to [Enabled], the system waits for the F1 key to be pressed when error

occurs. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display [Enabled]

When this item is set to [Enabled], the system displays the message Press DEL to run

Setup during POST. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

2.6.3 Security

The Security menu items allow you to change the system security settings. Select

an item then press <Enter> to display the conguration options.

Change Supervisor Password

Select this item to set or change the supervisor password. The Supervisor Password item

on top of the screen shows the default Not Installed. After you set a password, this item

shows Installed.

To set a Supervisor Password:

1. Select the

Change Supervisor Password item and press <Enter>.

2. On the password box, type a password composed of up to six letters and/or numbers,

then press <Enter>.

3. Conrm the password when prompted.

The message Password Installed appears after you successfully set your password.

To change the supervisor password, follow the same steps as in setting a supervisor

password.

To clear the supervisor password, select the Change Supervisor Password then press

<Enter> twice. The message Password uninstalled appears.

If you forget your BIOS password, you can clear it by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock

(RTC) RAM. See section 1.9 Jumpers for information on how to erase the RTC RAM.

After you have set a supervisor password, the other items appear to allow you to change

other security settings.

User Access Level [Full Access]

This item allows you to select the access restriction to the Setup items. Conguration options:

[No Access] [View Only] [Limited] [Full Access]

No Access prevents user access to the Setup utility.

View Only allows access but does not allow change to any eld.

Limited allows changes only to selected elds, such as Date and Time.

Full Access allows viewing and changing all the elds in the Setup utility.

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