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3. BIOS
FWA-6171 BIOS is based on AMI's APTIO BIOS and compliant to the UEFI, SMBIOS and ACPI specifications.
The BIOS performs probing, initialization and configuration of the FWA-6171 and initializes the OS boot
process at the end of POST (Power-On-Self-Test).
Regular BIOS output as well as the setup menu are displayed via console port and please note that the FWA-
6171 does not have any on-board POST Code LEDs. A special POST code adapter is required to retrieve BIOS
error codes.
All BIOS configuration parameters bare stored in NVRAM, a dedicated section of the BIOS flash chip.
Parameters are no longer stored in legacy CMOS RAM by the platform BIOS. I.e. BIOS configuration
parameters will not be lost due to an empty battery.
3.1
BIOS Defaults
The BIOS comes with a set of configuration parameters when shipped by Advantech referred to as
"Optimized Defaults" or "factory defaults". The user can change BIOS settings via the setup menu either
temporarily or permanently by saving the changes as "User defaults".
The BIOS loads Optimized Defaults by the option "Restore Defaults; and loads User defaults by the option
"Restore User Defaults". If no User defaults have been defined, the BIOS will do nothing.
3.2
BIOS Setup Menu
This section describes the FWA-6171's UEFI BIOS based on AMI's APTIO BIOS.
Users can modify BIOS settings and control the special features of the FWA-6171 using the BIOS setup menu.
Please note that Advantech supports shipping the FWA-6171 with custom BIOS defaults to simplify the
deployment and integration for our customers. Please contact your Advantech representative if you want to
receive more information regarding this service.
The BIOS Setup Menu can be entered via the BIOS POST screen displayed on the console interface:
BIOS Setup can be entered by hitting <DEL> or <F2> keys during POST.
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Figure 4: BIOS POST screen (example)
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