Setup Screen System; Basic Cmos Configuration Screen; Embedded Bios Setup Screen Menu - Intel Pentium III Processor/840 Manual

BIOS Quick Reference
5.4

Setup Screen System

The system is configured from within the Setup Screen System, which is a series of menus that can
be invoked from POST by pressing the <DEL> key if the main keyboard is being used, or by
pressing Ctrl+C if the console is being redirected to a terminal program.
Figure 5-3. Embedded BIOS Setup Screen Menu
Once in the Setup Screen System (Figure 5-3), the user can navigate with the UP and DOWN
arrow keys from the main console, or use the Ctrl+E and Ctrl+X keys from the remote terminal
program to accomplish the same thing. TAB and ENTER are used to advance to the next field, and
'+' and '-' keys cycle through values, such as those in the Basic Setup Screen, or the Diagnostics
Setup Screen.
5.4.1

Basic CMOS Configuration Screen

The system's drive types, boot activities, and POST optimizations are configured from the Basic
Setup Screen (Figure 5-4). In order to use disk drives with your system, you must select
appropriate assignments of drive types in the left-hand column. Then, if you are using true floppy
and IDE drives (not memory disks that emulate these drives), you need to configure the drive types
themselves in the Floppy Drive Types and IDE Drive Geometry sections. Finally, you'll need to
configure the boot sequence in the middle of the screen. Once these selections have been made,
your system is ready to use.
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