To Confirm Or Set The Bios Options - Agilent Technologies E4991A Service Manual

To Configure the A20 Digital Motherboard and BIOS (for serial prefix MY433
Step 1. Connect the external keyboard and mouse to the E4991A rear panel connectors.
Step 2. Turn the instrument on. Wait until the E4991A boots up. Do not press any key until the
E4991A measurement view appears.
Step 3. Press
Step 4. Click
Step 5. Click
Step 6. Scroll the function viewer to find "System" icon and double-click "System". This opens
"System Properties" window as shown in Figure 4-44.
Figure 4-44 System Properties window
Step 7. Verify that "260,148 KB RAM" is displayed in the Computer profile as shown in Figure
4-44. If it is not correct, the A20 board is faulty.
Step 8. Click "OK" button to close the window.
Step 9. Turn the E4991A off before proceeding to the next step "To Confirm or Set the BIOS
Options".

To Confirm or Set the BIOS Options

BIOS is the PC's built-in program describing the standard procedure of basic inputs and
outputs for the system hardware. BIOS involves the system BIOS, start-up program and
BIOS setup utility. The E4991A starts up first with the BIOS when the power is turned on.
Use the following procedure to confirm or set the BIOS options, known as the BIOS setup
utility.
Run the BIOS setup utility
Use the external keyboard to select and set various options in the BIOS setup utility. Do not
operate the E4991A front panel until you exit the BIOS option setup procedure.
Procedure Step 1. Connect the external keyboard to the E4991A rear panel connector.
Step 2. Turn the instrument on.
Step 3. Press F2 key as soon as the splash screen as shown in Figure 4-15 is displayed. Wait a few
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key on the front panel.
in the softkey menu.
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in the softkey menu.
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