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Chapter 9 Award BIOS Setup
The PPC-L126 comes with an Award BIOS chip that contains the ROM
setup for your system. This chip serves as an interface between the pro-
cessor and the rest of the mainboard's components. This chapter explains
the information contained in the setup program and tells you how to mod-
ify the settings according to your system configuration. Some setup items
will not be explained, because it is recommended that users do not change
such items.
Note:
9.1 System test and initialization
These routines test and initialize board hardware. If the routines encoun-
ter an error during the tests, you will either hear a few short beeps or see
an error message on the screen. There are two kinds of errors: fatal and
non-fatal. The system can usually continue the boot up sequence with
non-fatal errors. Non-fatal error messages usually appear on the screen
along with the following instructions:
press <F1> to RESUME
Write down the message and press the F1 key to continue the bootup
sequence.
9.1.1 System configuration verification
These routines check the current system configuration against the values
stored in the board's CMOS memory. If they do not match, the program
outputs an error message. You will then need to run the BIOS setup pro-
gram to set the configuration information in memory.
There are three situations in which you will need to change the CMOS
settings:
1.
You are starting your system for the first time
2.
You have changed the hardware attached to your system
PPC-L126 User's Manual
Values for the various setup items that appear on
your own screen (including default values) may
not be the same as the values shown on the
screen figures in this chapter. This is because
the BIOS is revised and updated from time to
time. If in doubt, check Advantech's website for
the latest BIOS versions and related information.
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