System Setup Screens | Time | Date | Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B | Primary Drive 0/1 and Secondary Drive 0/1 | EIDE Devices | Base Memory | Extended Memory | Reserved Memory | CPU Speed | Num Lock | Keyboard Errors | System Password | Password Status | Setup Password | Boot Sequence | Power Management | Video Power Down | Sound | Serial Port | Parallel Port | Parallel Mode | Hard Disk | Diskette | Speaker | System Data Categories
Time resets the time on the computer's internal clock. Time is
kept in a 24-hour format (hours:minutes:seconds).
To change the time, press the right-arrow key to increase the
number or the left-arrow key to decrease the number. Numbers can
also be typed in each of the appropriate fields.
Date resets the date on the computer's internal calendar. The
system automatically displays the day of the week corresponding
to the settings in the 3 fields that follow (month, day-of-the-month,
and year).
To change the date, press the right-arrow key to increase the
number in the highlighted field, or press the left-arrow key to
decrease the number. Numbers can also be typed for the month
and day-of-the-month fields.
Diskette Drive A and Diskette Drive B identify the type of diskette drives installed in the accessible drive bays. The options are:
The Drive 0 and Drive 1 subcategories under Primary and Secondary refer to the EIDE hard-disk, CD-ROM, and tape drives installed in the computer. The options are:
For most EIDE drives, select Auto.
Using the Auto-Detect Feature
To use the auto-detect feature, highlight the appropriate
subcategory and type an a to set
the Type parameter to Auto. After the system is rebooted, system
setup automatically displays the correct drive-type number and
parameters for the EIDE drive.
Assigning the Drive Parameters Manually
If the EIDE hard-disk drive does not support automatic drive-type detection, use the User option to manually define a set of drive parameters and assign them to the installed drive.
At the appropriate drive category, type u to select the User option. For each of the following parameters, press the <Tab> key to highlight the field and then type the appropriate number, using information from the documentation that came with the drive:
The Size parameter (which indicates the capacity of the drive in millions of bytes) is automatically detected and displayed by the system.
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NOTE: The Pre and Lz fields are not used with this system. |
Base Memory displays the amount of memory available to
MS-DOSŪ programs that do not use extended or expanded memory.
This category has no user-selectable options.
The default value for the Base Memory category is 640 KB, which
includes 1 KB reserved for system use.
Extended Memory displays amount of memory available as extended memory.
Reserved Memory allows a range of system memory addresses that can be used to access memory on an expansion card. Reserved Memory should not be enabled unless an expansion card that requires special addressing is going to be used.
Indicates processor speed at which the system boots and runs—the processor's rated speed or a slower compatibility speed.
Num Lock chooses whether the system boots with the Num Lock mode activated on 101- or 102-key keyboards. (It does not apply to 84-key keyboards.)
Keyboard Errors enables or disables reporting of keyboard
errors during the POST. This category is useful when applied to
self-starting servers or host systems that have no permanently
attached keyboard.
The default setting is Report. Selecting Do Not Report suppresses
all POST error messages relating to the keyboard or the keyboard
controller. However, an attached keyboard will still operate
properly.
System Password displays the current status of the system's
password security feature and allows the user to assign and
verify a new system password when this category is set to Not
Enabled.
The current status options that can be displayed in the System
Password category are:
A new system password cannot be assigned unless the current status is Not Enabled, which is displayed in bright characters. See Assigning a System Password.
Password Status lets the user prevent the system password from being changed or disabled at boot time. Options for this category are:
When the Password Status category is set to Locked, the system password cannot be changed or disabled at boot time by pressing <Ctrl><Enter>. To unlock the system password, the user must enter the setup password and then change the Password Status category to Unlocked.
Setup Password lets the user restrict access to the computer's system setup program. Options for this category are:
A new setup password cannot be assigned unless the current status is Not Enabled, which is displayed in bright characters. See Using the Setup Password.
The Boot Sequence category can be set to Diskette First (the default option) or Hard Disk Only. Selecting Diskette First causes the system to try booting from drive A first. If it finds a diskette that is not bootable in the drive or finds a problem with the drive itself, the system displays an error message. If it does not find a diskette in the drive, the system then tries to boot from the hard-disk drive (drive 0).
Selecting Hard Disk Only causes the system to boot from the
hard-disk drive only, even if there is a bootable diskette in
drive A. Select the Hard Disk Only option to prevent an
unauthorized person from accessing the system by booting from a
diskette.
Power Management enables reduced power-consumption features for DPMS-compliant monitors and most EIDE hard-disk drives. Options for this category are:
For all settings except Disabled, the hard-disk drive timeout is 20 minutes.
Video Power Down selects reduced power consumption modes for DPMS-compliant monitors. Options for this category and the amount of power saved are:
Sound enables or disables the integrated audio controller.
Serial Port configures the system's built-in serial port. This
category can be set to Auto (the default option) to automatically
configure the port, to a particular designation (COM1 or COM3),
or to Off to disable the port.
If the user sets the serial port to Auto and then adds an
expansion card containing a port configured to the same
designation, the system automatically remaps the built-in port to
the next available port designation that does not share the same
IRQ setting. That is, COM1 is remapped to COM2. Note that when 2
COM ports share an IRQ setting, either port can be used as
necessary, but both cannot be used at the same time. If the
alternate port address (COM2) is also in use, the built-in port
is turned off.
Parallel Port configures the system's built-in parallel port. This category can be set to 378H (IRQ7), 278H (IRQ5), or 3BCH (maps to I/O address 3BCh and uses IRQ7) to automatically configure the port, or to OFF to disable the port.
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NOTE: If the built-in parallel port is set to 378H and the user adds an expansion card containing a parallel port configured to the same address, the parallel port is automatically remapped to its secondary address (278H). If the secondary address is in use, the parallel port is disabled. |
Parallel Mode controls the mode used by the system's built-in parallel port. The options are:
Set this category according to the type of device connected to
the parallel port.
See the documentation that came with the peripheral device to
determine the correct mode for the parallel port.
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NOTE: The system also provides hardware support for Extended Capabilities Port (ECP) mode. Options that use ECP mode may come with special drivers that need to be installed in order to use this mode. |
Hard Disk enables or disables the system's built-in EIDE
interface. Selecting Auto allows the system to turn off the EIDE
interface, as necessary, to accommodate a controller card
installed in an expansion slot.
During the boot routine, the system checks for a primary
hard-disk drive controller card installed in an expansion slot.
If no card is found, the built-in EIDE interface is enabled and
the controller on the master EIDE drive is designated as the
primary controller, using IRQ14. If a primary controller is
detected on the expansion bus, the built-in EIDE interface is
disabled.
Selecting Off disables the built-in EIDE interface.
Diskette controls the operation of the system's built-in
diskette drive controller. With Auto selected, the system turns
off the built-in diskette drive controller, as necessary, to
accommodate a controller card installed in an expansion slot.
Selecting Off turns off the built-in diskette drive controller.
This option is used primarily for troubleshooting purposes.
Speaker enables or disables the speaker.
The following categories, which are not selectable, display information about the system: