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Using SETUP to Con the PC

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3 Troubleshooting and Repair Using SETUP to Configure the PC Using SETUP to Configure the PC The BIOS Setup is menu-driven, enabling easy access to all the configuration options which are grouped into categories (indicated in bold). Setup Item Main System time System date System memory Extended memory Running Windows 95 Preferences User Password is Set User Password Key Click Key auto-repeat speed Delay before auto-repeat Numlock at POWER-ON Default Action 640KB 7MB No Allows you to set the system time and date. Select the field you want to change with Tab, Shift Tab, or Enter. Allows you to view the system memory and extended memory. The value shown is a typical value, the real value depends on your configuration. Allows you to indicate if Windows 95 is running/installed. If you are NOT running Windows 95, the BIOS Setup program will offer you some of the Windows 95 features and optimize hardware resources, such as initializing all Plug and Play devices. Disabled Indicates if a user password has been set. Allows you to set a password to prevent unauthorized access to your PC. You cannot set an user password if an administrator password HAS NOT been set. Setting a user password prevents unauthorized use of your computer, protects the data stored in it, and preserves the preferences you set. On Allows you to turn the audible keyclick on or off. 21.8 per Second Allows you to set the number of times per second a keystroke will be repeated when a key is held down. This option is not displayed if you are running Windows 95. .50 Second Allows you to specify the length of the delay before a character is repeated when a character is held down. If you generally press keys slowly and heavily, set the delay to a higher number to make your keyboard less sensitive and to avoid characters being displayed more than once. On This field allows you to specify whether the number keys of the numeric keypad are enabled when your computer starts. Otherwise, the keypad keys act as cursor control keys. 30

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Troubleshooting and Repair
Using SETUP to Configure the PC
Using SETUP to Configure the PC
The BIOS Setup is menu-driven, enabling easy access to all the
configuration options which are grouped into categories (indicated in bold).
Setup Item
Default
Action
Main
System time
System date
Allows you to set the system time and date. Select the
field you want to change with Tab, Shift Tab, or Enter.
System memory
Extended memory
640KB
7MB
Allows you to view the system memory and extended
memory. The value shown is a typical value, the real
value depends on your configuration.
Running Windows 95
No
Allows you to indicate if Windows
95 is running/installed.
If you are NOT running Windows
95, the BIOS
Setup
program will offer you some of the Windows
95 features
and optimize hardware resources, such as initializing all
Plug and Play devices.
Preferences
User Password is
Disabled
Indicates if a user password has been set.
Set User Password
Allows you to set a password to prevent unauthorized
access to your PC. You cannot set an user password if an
administrator password HAS NOT been set. Setting a
user password prevents unauthorized use of your
computer, protects the data stored in it, and preserves
the preferences you set.
Key Click
On
Allows you to turn the audible keyclick on or off.
Key auto-repeat speed
21.8 per Second
Allows you to set the number of times per second a
keystroke will be repeated when a key is held down.
This option is not displayed if you are running Windows
95.
Delay before auto-repeat
.50 Second
Allows you to specify the length of the delay before a
character is repeated when a character is held down. If
you generally press keys slowly and heavily, set the delay
to a higher number to make your keyboard less sensitive
and to avoid characters being displayed more than once.
Numlock at POWER-ON
On
This field allows you to specify whether the number keys
of the numeric keypad are enabled when your computer
starts. Otherwise, the keypad keys act as cursor control
keys.