chiliGREEN MS1733: CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 4: chiliGREEN MS1733
CHAPTER 4
BIOS Setup
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BIOS Setup
About BIOS Setup
When to Use BIOS Setup?
You may need to run the BIOS Setup when:
An error message appears on the screen during the system booting up and is requested to
run SETUP.
You want to change the default settings for customized features.
You want to reload the default BIOS settings.
How to Run BIOS Setup?
To run the BIOS Setup Utility, turn on the notebook and press the [Del] key during the POST
procedure.
If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, either restart the
system by turning it OFF and ON, or simultaneously pressing [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Delete] keys to restart.
Be noted that the screen snaps and setting options in this chapter are for your references only.
The actual setting screens and options on your Notebook may be different because of BIOS update.
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BIOS Setup
Control Keys
You can use only the keyboard to control the cursor in the BIOS Setup Utility.
Press left arrow to select one
Press right arrow to select one
menu title.
menu title.
Press up arrow to select one item
Press down arrow to select one
under the menu title.
item under the menu title.
Increase the setting value or make changes.
+
Decrease the setting value or make changes.
1) Open the selected item to change setting options.
2) Bring up a sub-menu when available.
In some items, press this key to change setting field.
Bring up help screen providing the information of control keys.
1) Exit the BIOS Setup Utility.
2) Return to the previous screen in a sub-menu.
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BIOS Setup
BIOS Setup Menu
Once you enter the BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. Select the tags to
enter the other menus.
Main Menu
Show system overview information about BIOS version, CPU features, memory
size and setting of system time and date.
Advanced Menu
Adjust the advanced settings, such as power consumption, USB/ PCI devices,
of the notebook in order to achieve a better performance.
Boot Menu
Set up boot type and boot sequence.
Security Menu
Install or clear the password settings for supervisor and user.
Save & Exit Menu
The BIOS items and
Save or discard the changes before leaving the BIOS Setup Menu.
figures shown here are
for reference only.
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BIOS Setup
Main Menu
System Date
This item allows you to set the system date. The date format is
[day:month:date:year].
Day
Day of the week, from Sun to Sat, which is determined by
BIOS (read-only).
Month
The month from 01 (January) to 12 (December).
Date
The date from 01 to 31.
Year
The year can be adjusted by users.
System Time
This item allows you to set the system time. The system clock will go on
no matter you shut down the PC or get into sleep mode. The time format
is [hour:minute:second].
SATA Information
These items display the types of the SATA devices installed in the notebook.
Press [Enter] to bring up a window showing the detailed information of the
device, including the device name, vendor, LBA mode, PIO mode and
more.
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BIOS Setup
System Information
This item provides the information about the firmware, processor, and
system memory.
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BIOS Setup
Advanced Menu
Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) tech.
This item allows you to enable or disable Intel SpeedStep technology.
When set to Disabled, the system always operates in a conservative
power mode (the processor works at FSB400-600MHz or
FSB533-800MHz). If you want optimize the processor, set this item to
Enabled, so that the processor’s speed will be controlled by the use of your
operating system and applications. Setting options: Enabled, and
Disabled.
AHCI Mode (Advanced Host Controller Interface)
Use this item to enable or disable the AHCI Mode. Setting options:
Disabled and Enabled. The default setting is Enabled.
PCI Latency Timer
This item controls how long each PCI device can hold the bus before
another takes over. When set to higher values, every PCI device can
conduct transactions for a longer time and thus improve the effective PCI
bandwidth.
For better PCI performance, you should set the item to higher values.
Setting options: 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224, and 248.
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BIOS Setup
USB Configuration
Select this item to enter the sub-menu:
-- Legacy USB Support
Selecting Enabled allows users to use USB devices, such as mouse,
keyboard, or portable disk; or allows users to boot the system by USB
device. Setting options: Enabled, Disabled and Auto.
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BIOS Setup
Boot menu
Set Boot Priority
Configure settings during system boot.
Boot Option #1, #2, #3
These items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS
attempts to load the disk operating system.
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BIOS Setup
Security menu
Supervisor Password
When this item is selected, a message box shall appear on the screen as
below:
Type a password with a maximum of 20 digits and press [Enter]. The
password entered now will replace any previously set password from
CMOS memory. You may also press [ESC] to abandon new password
setting.
When the Supervisor Password is set, new items User Password
and
Password Check
will be added in the menu.
Select User Password
to give or to abandon password setting.
Note that Supervisor Password field allows users to enter and change the
settings of the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, while User Password field only
allows users to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY.
The Password Check
item is used to specify the type of BIOS password
protection that is implemented. Settings are described below:
E
nter New Password
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BIOS Setup
The password is required only when users try to access to
Setup
BIOS SETUP UTILITY.
The password is required every time when the Notebook is
Always
powered on or when users try to access to BIOS SETUP
UTILITY.
To clear a set Supervisor Password/ User Password, just press [Enter]
under Supervisor Password/ User Password field when prompted to
enter the password. Please note that when Supervisor Password has
been cleared, User Password will be cleared as well. A message box pops
up confirming password will be disabled. Once the password is disabled,
the system will boot and enter BIOS Setup menu without entering
password.
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BIOS Setup
Save & Exit menu
Exit & Save Changes
Save the changes you have made and exit the utility.
Exit & Discard Changes
Exit the utility without saving the changes you have made.
Load Setup Defaults
Select this item to load the default settings.
