User manual GERICOM 2XT

[. . . ] Preface Notice The company reserves the right to revise this publication or to change its contents without notice. Information contained herein is for reference only and does not constitute a commitment on the part of the manufacturer or any subsequent vendor. They assume no responsibility or liability for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this publication nor are they in anyway responsible for any loss or damage resulting from the use (or misuse) of this publication. This publication and any accompanying software may not, in whole or in part, be reproduced, translated, transmitted or reduced to any machine readable form without prior consent from the vendor, manufacturer or creators of this publication, except for copies kept by the user for backup purposes. [. . . ] with these keys: Spacebar Enter E sc Selects a field. Allows you to choose: <OK> to save any changes. Quits the current screen. table 5-3 5 Some pull-down menu options have an arrow to the right of the entry. Choose these options by pressing Enter and another screen will be displayed. Navigate the new K ey s Ac t i o n screen with the Down/Up arrows (#)($) following keys: Highlighted letters Enter Selects a pull down menu item. Enables/Disables the specified function. A (%) indicates the function is enabled. Closes the pull down menu and saves the changes. table 5-4 E sc 5-7 User's Guide System Configuration Utility Options Startup Menu It em Date and Time Set t in g / Op t io n Day/Month/Year Hour/Minute/Second Enable Disable Fu n c t i o n Set the date and time. Initialize and quickly boot the system by skipping certain diagnostic tests. Disable the Fast Boot. F a st B o o t 5 ! Note Sample screens of the various SCU options are shown on pages 5-19 to 521. Hard Disk C 1 st B o o t Device CD-ROM Drive Diskette A Hard Disk C Boot Device 2nd Boot Device CD-ROM Drive Diskette A Hard Disk C 3rd Boot Device CD-ROM Drive Diskette A Specify the system's 3rd choice for the boot drive. Specify the system's 2nd choice for the boot drive. Specify the system's 1st choice for the boot drive. table 5-5a 5-8 BIOS Utilities Startup Menu (continued) It em Set t in g / Op t io n LC D Display CRT LCD + CRT Enable Battery Low B eep Enable Disable Enable Disable Enable Disable Enable Disable Fu n c t i o n Activate the system's LCD panel. A series of warning beeps will sound when the battery power is low. Stretch the display to fill the entire screen of the LCD panel. Enable Power On Beep Disable Power On Beep Enable PNP OS Support Disable PNP OS Support table 5-5b 5 Enable LCD Expand Mode Enable Power On B eep Enable PNP OS Support 5-9 User's Guide Startup Menu (continued) & Warning If you choose to set a boot password, NEVER forget your password, the consequences could be serious. If you cannot remember your boot password you must contact your vendor and you may lose all of the information on your HDD. It em Display OEM logo Set t in g / Op t io n Enable Disable Enable Disable Enter old Power-On Password Fu n c t i o n Enable the feature to display the OEM logo during system boot. Disable the feature to display the OEM logo during system boot. Disable S/PDIF digital output. 5 Enable S/PDIF digital output B oot Password Enter new Power-On Password Verify new Power-On Password Enable Password to PowerOn Enter old Set-Up Password Set a password for booting the computer. Only users who enter a correct password can boot the system. SC U Password table 5-5c Enter new Set-Up Password Verify new Set-Up Password Enable Password to Set-Up Set a password for modifying the SCU. Only users who enter the correct password can change the SCU. 5 - 10 BIOS Utilities Memory Menu It em Set t in g s / Op t io n s 8 MB VGA Shared Memory 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB table 5-6 Fu n c t i o n Select the VGA shared memory size 5 Important: The value for VGA shared memory must be less than the amount of RAM in your computer!In the SCU utility you are able to set the value for the VGA Shared Memory. If you choose to set the VGA Shared Memory to the maximum of 64MB YOU MUST have more than 64MB of RAM in your computer. [. . . ] parallel printer - A printer that receives information from a computer one character (letter, number, etc. ) at a time. partition - A reserved part of disk or memory that is set aside for some purpose. New hard disks must be partitioned before they can be formatted for the operating system, this is done with the FDISK utility. G G-6 PC Card - See PCMCIA Card. PCMCIA Card - A credit-card sized, removable module for portable computers standardized by PCMCIA. [. . . ]