Hp/Phoenix Bios Summary - HP Vectra VE5 3 Series Technical Reference Manual

4 Summary of the HP/Phoenix BIOS

HP/Phoenix BIOS Summary

HP/Phoenix BIOS Summary
The System ROM contains the BIOS (System BIOS, video BIOS and low
option ROM), and the power-on self-test routines. This chapter, and the
following one, give an overview of the following aspects:
• The menu-driven Setup program, with context-sensitive help (in US
English only), described next in this chapter.
• The address space, with details of the interrupts used, described at the
end of this chapter.
• The Power-On-Self-Test or POST, which is the sequence of tests the
computer performs to ensure that the system is functioning correctly,
described in the next chapter.
The system BIOS is identified by the version number GX.07.xx. The
procedure for updating the System ROM firmware is described on page 23.
Press , to run the Setup program, while the initial "Vectra" logo is being
displayed. Alternatively, press
screen, an example of which is depicted on the next page. By default, this
remains on the screen for 20 seconds, but by pressing
held on the screen indefinitely until
the computer to be turned off.
The Tattoo string can be set the very first time that the computer is started
in Windows. It can be updated with the DMI
the Windows control panel, or with the
Windows 95 control panel, or the Windows for Workgroups 3.11 HP
UserTool.
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to view the summary configuration
once, it can be
is pressed. Pressing
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