Hp Bios; Setup Program - HP Vectra VT6 Technical Reference Manual

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HP BIOS

The Setup program and BIOS are covered in the two sections of thischapter. The first section lists
the fields which are presented by the Setup program, describing the purpose of each, and the
options which are available. The second section lists the reserved addresses that are used by the
BIOS.
The POST routines are described in the next chapter.

SETUP PROGRAM

You can interrupt the POST to run the Setup program by pressing [F2] when the F2= Setup
message appears on the initial "Vectra" screen.
The up and down arrows allow the cursor to be moved from one field to the next (also the left and
right arrows, when there is more than one field on the line). Pressing [F1] causes a "Help" screen
to appear, containing a more detailed description of what the field is for, and what the options are;
pressing [F1] again causes the "Help" screen to disappear again. Pressing [F8] causes the
contents of the field to be changed to the next available option, and pressing [F7] causes the
contents to be changed back to an earlier option. Pressing [F10] causes the page to be sent to the
printer port. Pressing [F3] causes a save and exit from the Setup program, and pressing [F12]
causes an exit without updating the configuration.
A complete list of fields, their meanings, and the options which are available, can be found on the
following pages. They include the following new features:
• A "Configuration Summary" screen.
• Within the "user preferences" section:
• An "operating system" field (for setting Windows 95, Windows NT, IBM OS/2 or Others)
• A "space-bar power on" field
• A "memory test" field (which can be set to disabled for fast boot).
• Two "IDE" sections, one for the primary channel, and one for the secondary channel. Within
each section, fields are provided to set (1) the use of two drives, (2) whether the transfer
speed is optimized or standard, and (3) whether the translation method is automatic, standard
CHS or extended CHS.
• A "start-up center" section, containing fields that allow the selection of boot device (FDD,
HDD, LAN). Booting from a SCSI device is possible in mixed IDE/SCSI configurations on the
HP Vectra XU 6/xxx PC .
• An "audio" section, with fields that allow for the setting of addresses, IRQs, DMA channels.
You can scroll down through the fields using the down arrow key or the [PAGE DOWN] button.
Similarly, the up arrow key or the [PAGE UP] button can be used for going back to earlier fields in
the program.
The Setup program is sufficiently intelligent as to not allow the user to set illegal settings within the
fields. For instance, if Serial Port A is set to using IRQ4, then IRQ4 will not be offered as an option
for use when setting Serial Port B.