Identifying The Pentium Iii Processor; Setting Boot Order In Bios - NEC POWERMATE ES 5250 Service Manual

"Onboard FDC Controller" defaults to "Enabled." If the system is using the
optional LS120 120-MB SuperDisk Drive, or the system is not using a diskette
drive, set this item to "Disabled."

Identifying the Pentium III Processor

NEC computer systems with the Intel
with the most advanced Intel Pentium processor available.
Because the new Pentium III processor was introduced after the release of
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Microsoft
these operating systems are not able to correctly identify the processor. These
operating systems might identify the Pentium III processor as a Pentium II or
Pentium Pro processor.
Note:
does not recognize the new Pentium III processor and
identifies it as a Pentium II processor.
Windows identifies the processor on the General tab of the Windows System
Properties sheet. You can get to System Properties in either of the following
ways:
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Right click the My Computer icon on the Windows desktop and select
Properties
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Select
double click the System icon.
Processor identification in Microsoft Windows and in Intel LANDesk Client
Manager does not effect in any way the performance of your Pentium III
processor. At bootup, the system BIOS detects the Pentium III processor.
You can obtain a patch to fix the Windows processor identification once
Microsoft releases the patch. Check for the patch on the Microsoft website
( www.microsoft.com
Future versions of LANDesk Client Manager will correct the processor
identification in LANDesk Client Manager.

Setting Boot Order in BIOS

To use the CD-ROM drive as a boot device, the BIOS must list it before the
hard drive and/or before the network. The system does not boot from a Zip
drive if it is listed as the first boot device.
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Windows 98, Windows 95, and Windows NT
Intel LANDesk Client Manager software also
from the drop-down menu.
from the Windows Start menu, click
Settings
) or NEC CSD website (
PowerMate ES 5250 Series Release Notes A-9
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Pentium III processor come equipped
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www.nec-computers.com
operating systems,
,
Control Panel
).
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