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VAIO MicroTower System Reference

Accessing the BIOS Setup Utility

You must access the BIOS Setup Utility to make changes to the BIOS

settings (see “BIOS Setup Options” on page 73 for information on BIOS

settings).

1 Reboot the system. The following message appears during the inital

boot sequence:

Press <F3> for Boot screen

2 Press F3. The following message appears.

Press <F2> for setup.

3 Press F2.

Each menu presents options for modifying the system configuration.

Use the left and right arrow keys to select a menu from the menu bar.

Use the up and down arrow keys to select items within a menu. Once

an item is highlighted, use the plus/minus (+/-) keys to modify a

setting.

If an item has a triangle ( ) to its left, this indicates that a sub-menu of

options is available. Press ENTER to access a sub-menu. If a sub-

menu contains items with a triangle, there is another layer of options

from which to select.

4 Once you select an option, press ESC to back out of each menu until

you reach the top level, where the menu bar appears.

5 To exit the BIOS setup utility, press ESC from any top-level screen and

follow the prompts.

! Before rebooting the system, save any open files and exit Windows

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