Selectingastartupdevice
Ifyourcomputerdoesnotstartupfromadevicesuchasthediscorharddiskdriveasexpected,dooneof
thefollowingtoselectthestartupdeviceyouwant.
Selectingatemporarystartupdevice
Usethisproceduretoselectatemporarystartupdevice.
Note:Notalldiscsandharddiskdrivesarebootable.
1.Turnoffyourcomputer.
2.RepeatedlypressandreleasetheF12keywhenturningonthecomputer.WhenthePleaseselect
bootdevicewindowdisplays,releasetheF12key.
3.SelectthedesiredstartupdeviceandpressEnter.Thecomputerwillstartupfromthedeviceyou
selected.
Note:SelectingastartupdevicefromthePleaseselectbootdevicewindowdoesnotpermanentlychange
thestartupsequence.
Selectingorchangingthestartupdevicesequence
Tovieworpermanentlychangetheconguredstartupdevicesequence,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage41.
2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectStartup.
3.SelectthedevicesforthePrimaryStartupSequence,theAutomaticStartupSequence,andtheError
StartupSequence.Readtheinformationdisplayedontherightsideofthescreen.
4.PressF10tosaveandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.See“ExitingfromtheSetupUtilityprogram”
onpage45.
Smartperformancechoices
YoucanadjusttheacousticandthermalperformanceofyourcomputerthroughtheSmartPerformance
Choicemenu.Twochoicesareavailable:
•BetterAcousticPerformance(defaultchoice)
•BetterThermalPerformance
ByenablingBetterAcousticPerformance,yourcomputerwillrunwithlessnoiseatanormalthermal
level.ByenablingBetterThermalPerformance,yourcomputerwillrunatabetterthermallevelwith
normalacousticperformance.
Toswitchbetweenbetteracousticperformanceandbetterthermalperformance,dothefollowing:
1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage41.
2.FromtheSetupUtilityprogrammainmenu,selectPower.
3.SelectSmartPerformanceChoice.TheSmartPerformanceChoicewindowisdisplayed.
4.SelectBetterAcousticPerformanceorBetterThermalPerformanceasdesired.
5.PressF10tosaveyoursettingandexittheSetupUtilityprogram.See“ExitingfromtheSetupUtility
program”onpage45.
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