Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming G1 (rev. 1.0) [22/136] 8 onboard buttons switches and leds

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1-8 Onboard Buttons, Switches, and LEDs

Quick Buttons

This motherboard has 3 quick buttons: power button, reset button, and clear CMOS button. The power button

and reset button allow users to quickly turn on/off or reset the computer in an open-case environment when

they want to change hardware components or conduct hardware testing.

Use this button to clear the BIOS

congurationandresettheCMOSvaluestofactorydefaultswhenneeded.

and data loss or damage may occur.

• Aftersystemrestart,gotoBIOSSetuptoloadfactorydefaults(selectLoadOptimizedDefaults)or

manuallyconguretheBIOSsettings(refertoChapter2,"BIOSSetup,"forBIOScongurations).

BIOS Switches and BIOS LED Indicators

TheBIOSswitch(BIOS_SW)allowsuserstoeasilyselectadifferentBIOSforbootuporoverclocking,

helping to reduce BIOS failure during overclocking. The SB switch allows enabling or disabling of the Dual

BIOSfunction.TheLEDindicator(MBIOS_LED/BBIOS_LED)showswhichBIOSisactive.

2:BackupBIOS(BootfromthebackupBIOS)

1:MainBIOS(BootfromthemainBIOS)

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