Specifications

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Utility
60 Reference Manual ReadyBoard 800
Accessing BIOS Setup Utility (Remote Access)
Once you set up the BIOS Utility for Remote Access (serial console or console redirection) in VGA
mode, entering the BIOS in the remote access mode, is very similar to the method used when entering
the BIOS with a VGA display.
1. Turn on the power supply to the ReadyBoard 800 and access the BIOS Setup Utility in VGA mode.
2. Set the BIOS feature Remote Access to [Enabled] under the Advanced menu.
3. Accept the default options or make your own selections for the balance of the Remote Access
fields and record your settings.
4. Ensure you select the type of remote serial terminal you will be using and record your selection.
5. Select Save Changes and Exit and then shut down the ReadyBoard 800.
6. Connect the remote serial terminal (or the PC with communications software) to the COM port
you selected on the ReadyBoard 800 using a Hot Cable or a standard null-modem serial cable.
7. Turn on the remote serial terminal (or the PC with communications software) and set it to the
settings you selected and recorded earlier in the BIOS Setup Utility.
COM1, 115200, 8 bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, no flow control, and [Always] for Redirection After
BIOS POST are the default settings for the ReadyBoard 800.
8. Restore power to the ReadyBoard 800 and look for the screen prompt shown below.
Press ^C to run SETUP
9. Press the CTRL–C keys to enter Setup early in the boot sequence if Quick Boot is set to [Enabled].
If Quick Boot is set to [Enabled], you may never see the screen prompt.
10. Use the <Enter> key to select the screen menus listed in the Opening BIOS screen. See Figure 4-1.
NOTE The serial console port is not hardware protected, and is not listed in the COM
table within BIOS Setup Utility. Diagnostic software that probes hardware
addresses may cause a loss or failure of the serial console functions.
Table 4-1. BIOS Setup Utility Menus
BIOS Setup
Utility Menu
Item/Topic
Main Settings Date and Time
Advanced Settings CPU Configuration, IDE Configuration, Floppy Configuration, Super I/O
Configuration, Hardware Health Configuration, ACPI Configuration, MPS
Configuration, Smbios Configuration, Remote Access (Serial Console)
Configuration, and USB Configuration
PCIPnP
(PCI, Plug n' Play)
PCI settings, Plug & Play settings, Interrupt settings and DMA channel settings,
Reserved memory
Boot Boot Settings Configuration, Boot Device Priority, Hard Disk Drives, Removable
Drives, CD/DVD Drives
Security Setting or changing Supervisor/User Passwords, Boot Sector Virus Protection
Chipset Northbridge Configuration, Southbridge Configuration
Power Power Management (APM) and Resume Power conditions
Exit Exiting with or without changing settings, Loading Optimal or Fail-safe conditions