Bios Setup Utility Options; Main Menu Options; Boot Options - Digital Equipment VENTURIS 575 Service Maintenance Manual

Utilities & Configuration

BIOS Setup Utility Options

Specific notes pertaining to some Setup options may be obtained by clicking on colored entries in the
"Menu Field" column below and/or by clicking on the icons in the rightmost column.

Main Menu Options

Menu Fields Settings
Current time
System time
Current date
System date
English
Language
Español
Français
Deutsch
Italiano
Not Installed
Diskette A, B
360 KB, 5¼"
1.2 MB, 5¼"
720 KB, 3½"
1.44 MB, 3½"
2.88 MB, 3½"
Not user
System
memory selectable
Extended Not user
selectable
memory

Boot Options

Menu Fields Settings
Boot sequence A: only
A: then C:
C: then A:
C: only
SETUP Enabled
prompt
Disabled
Enabled
POST errors
Disabled
Enabled
Floppy check
Disabled
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Comments
Displays the current time.
Displays the current date.
This field only displays the current language of the BIOS. The setting
can not be changed in Setup. Instead, you must use PHLASH** to
change the BIOS, where ** is the language extension
The BIOS Setup utility supports only one language per computer.
Sets the size and density of diskette drives.
Displays the amount of base (conventional) memory each time the
computer boots.
Displays the amount of extended memory each time the computer
boots.
Comments
Each time the computer boots, it will load the operating system from
the sequence selected.
Enables or disables the <F2> setup prompt each time the computer
boots.
When Disabled is selected, only the prompt informing you when to
press <F2> to enter Setup is disabled. Setup may still be entered by
pressing <F2> before POST completes.
Enabling this options causes the computer to pause and display a
setup entry or resume the boot prompt if an error occurs at boot.
Disabling this option causes the computer to always attempt to boot
regardless of a setup error.
Enabling this option causes the computer to verify the diskette type
each time the computer boots.
Disabling this option speeds up the boot process.
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