Advanced Menu; Integrated Peripherals Menu - NEC POWERMATE VE - SERVICE MANUAL 05-1996 Service Manual

2-16 Setup and Operation

Advanced Menu

Accessing the Advanced menu might require a Supervisor password. See Table Section 2-7
for Advanced Menu parameters.
Table Section 2-7 Advanced Menu Parameters
Parameter
Integrated Peripherals See Table Section 2-8
Plug and Play OS
Reset Configuration
Data
ISA Graphics Device
Installed
Big Memory Mode
Large Disk Access
Mode

Integrated Peripherals Menu

Select Integrated Peripherals menu on the Advanced Menu to configure the connections
between the system processor and the I/O ports (serial ports 1 and 2, printer port), diskette
drives, hard disk controllers, and integrated audio in multimedia systems.
CAUTION: Setting items in the Advanced
menu to incorrect values can cause the system to
malfunction.
Options
for options.
No
Yes (default)
No (default)
Yes
No (default)
Yes
Normal (default)
Alternate
DOS (default)
Other
NOTE: A Supervisor password might be
required to select parameters from the Integrated
Peripherals menu.
Description
See Table Section 2-8 for descriptions of the
options.
Select "Yes" if using a Plug and Play capable
operating system such as Windows 95.
Otherwise, set to "No."
If Windows 95 or the ICU has difficulty configuring
the system, try setting this parameter to "Yes" to
clear all of the configuration data. This parameter
resets automatically to "No" to reboot.
Set to "Yes" if other system devices need to know
if an ISA graphics device is installed.
Selects the method the BIOS uses to report
memory sizes over 64 MB to the operating
system. Select "Normal" for MS-DOS and
Windows. Select "Alternate" for OS/2® and
Windows NT™.
Select DOS if the system has DOS. Select "Other"
if another operating system like Windows 95 or
UNIX is installed.
A large disk is one that has more than 1024
cylinders, more than 16 heads, or more than 63
tracks per sector.