Asus ESC500 G2 - Manual (Page 70)

4-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup
4.1 Knowing BIOS
The new ASUS UEFI BIOS is a Unified Extensible Interface that complies
with UEFI architecture, offering a user-friendly interface that goes beyond
the traditional keyboard-only BIOS controls to enable a more flexible and
convenient mouse input. Users can easily navigate the new UEFI BIOS with
the same smoothness as their operating system. The term “BIOS” in this user
manual refers to “UEFI BIOS” unless otherwise specified.
BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) stores system hardware settings
such as storage device configuration, overclocking settings, advanced power
management, and boot device configuration that are needed for system startup in
the motherboard CMOS. In normal circumstances, the default BIOS settings apply
to most conditions to ensure optimum performance. We recommend that you not
change the default BIOS settings except in the following circumstances:
• An error message appears on the screen during the system bootup and
requests you to run the BIOS Setup.
• You have installed a new system component that requires further BIOS
settings or update.
Inappropriate settings of the BIOS may result to instability or failure to boot. We
strongly recommend that you change the BIOS settings only with the help
of a trained service personnel.