Project 6: Learn to Work with Your PC??™s BIOS 57
Step 3: Navigate the BIOS Screens
Nowadays, you can find BIOSes that let you navigate with a mouse, but most BIOSes
still insist you use the keyboard. Using the keyboard tends to feel clumsy at first, but
you??™ll get the hang of it quickly if you practice.
In a typical BIOS, you use the following keys to navigate:
To Do This In PhoenixBIOS, Press In AMIBIOS, Press
Move left by one screen or tab LEFT ARROW LEFT ARROW
Move right by one screen or tab RIGHT ARROW RIGHT ARROW
Move the selection down DOWN ARROW TAB
Move the selection up UP ARROW SHIFT-TAB
Expand the current selection or
open a selection window
ENTER ENTER
Collapse the current selection or
return to the previous screen
ESC ESC
Change the current setting + or ??’
F5 or F6
PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN
+ or ??’
Get help F1 F1
Exit the BIOS, saving changes F10 F10
That may look complicated, but it??™s easy enough when you try it out. (Even if you
don??™t want to make the changes described in the examples, work through the moves
for practice??”and then don??™t save the changes.) Besides, enough people have gotten
stuck in BIOSes so that most screens include a quick reference chart of keys you can
press from wherever you are.
If you do get stuck on a BIOS screen, try pressing ESC to collapse the current selection or to
go back to the previous screen. If you??™re at the top level of an AMIBIOS, pressing ESC typically
causes the BIOS to prompt you to decide whether to discard changes and exit the BIOS.
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