Hp/Phoenix Bios Summary - HP Net Vectra Technical Reference Manual

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4 Summary of the HP/Phoenix BIOS

HP/Phoenix BIOS Summary

The System ROM contains the POST (power-on self-test) routines, and the

BIOS: the System BIOS, video BIOS, network BIOS, and low option ROM.

This chapter, and the following one, give an overview of the following

aspects:

• menu-driven Setup with context-sensitive help (in US English only), de-

scribed next in this chapter.

• The address space, with details of the interrupts used, described at the

end of this chapter.

• The Remote Power-On (RPO), which is the mechanism for turning on the

computer remotely from the network, described later in this chapter.

• The Power-On-Self-Test or POST, which is the sequence of tests the com-

puter performs to ensure that the system is functioning correctly, de-

scribed in the next chapter.

The system BIOS is identified by a version number of the form HE.07.xx.

The procedure for updating the System ROM firmware is described on page

30.

Press

, to run the Setup program, while the initial "Vectra" logo is being

displayed immediately after restarting the PC. Alternatively, press

view the summary configuration screen, an example of which is depicted on

the next page. By default, this remains on the screen for 20 seconds, but by

pressing

once, it can be held on the screen indefinitely until

pressed. Pressing

will cause the computer to be turned off.

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