User manual ARIMA RIOWORKS SDVIA

[. . . ] 5, 81) 7IAH\I/KE@A The information in this document is subject to change without notice Arima Computer Corp. makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Arima Computer Corp. shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance, or use of this material. Arima Computer Corp. assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnished by Arima Computer Corp. This document contains proprietary information that is protected by copyright. [. . . ] Mode Normal is for IDE hard disk is smaller than 528MB; Mode LBA is for IDE hard disk over 528MB that supports the function of Logical Block Addressing (LBA); Mode Large is for hard over 528MB that does not support LBA and is uncommon. If operating system is SCO UNIX , the mode need to set Normal BIOS Setup Table 2-2-2: configure the parameters of the IDE hard disks. Note This option might only need to re-setup when installing a new hardware in your computer or losing the system configurations of CMOS because of unpredictable events. If the motherboard is installed in the working system, a user will not need to configure data in this option again. 2-9 BIOS Setup Section 3 Advanced Setup The Advanced setup provides five functions as below: Advanced BIOS Features Advanced Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP / PCI Configurations - Advanced BIOS Features BIOS Setup The Advanced BIOS Features section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the opportunity to change the systems default boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security, and so on. 2-10 BIOS Setup Virus Warning Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep. Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. Disabled (Default) BIOS Setup CPU Internal Cache This option sets the type of caching algorithm used by the L1 internal cache memory. These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset design. Enabled(Default) Disabled Enable cache Disable cache External Cache CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC checking. The possible choices: Enabled (Default), Disabled. Enable or disable the display of the processor number if using PIII CPU. The Choice: Enabled(Default), Disabled Processor Number Feature Quick Power On Self Test Set this option to Enabled to instruct BIOS to boot quickly when the computer is powered on. The choice: Disabled, Enabled(Default). 2-11 BIOS Setup First / Second Third Boot Device This field determines which device the system looks first during booting system up. If the first device is not a bootable device, system will seek for next one. The default: First Floppy Second HDD Third LS /ZIP This can boot from a device that doesnt list in upon selection. Set this option to Enabled to permit drives A: and B: to be swapped. The choice: Enabled, Disabled (Default). Set this option to Enabled to specify that floppy drive A: will perform a Seek operation at system boot. The choice: Disabled, Enabled (Default). Boot Other Device Swap Floppy Drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Up NumLock Status Set this option to On to activate the Number Lock key On at system boot. The choice: On (Default), Off . Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control GateA20 Normal A pin in the keyboard controller (Default) controls GateA20 Fast Lets chipset control GateA20 2-12 BIOS Setup BIOS Setup Typematic Rate Setting Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller. When enabled, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be selected. [. . . ] The new BIOS file (e. g. , newbios. bin) The upgrade utility (awdflash. exe). Although you may conceivably use a different media for the files, this manual assumes that you are using a floppy disk. Flash ROM 1. Transfer the two Award files listed above onto the diskette. Now you are ready to start the upgrade process. WARNING Do not interrupt the upgrade program while it runs!Interrupting the program leaves the system without a BIOS and unusable. If by some unlikely chance the power goes off during the few seconds the program requires to run, the system is left without a working BIOS and needs a correctly programmed flash EPROM installed. 3-1 Flash ROM Running the Program 1. [. . . ]