Specifications

Getting Started

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1. Inspect the board, noting the location of the connectors, jumpers, and

major components. Refer to Figure 2-2.

2. Check the jumper settings to make sure they are correct. In most cases

the jumper defaults should be adequate for your needs.

3. Connect all peripherals (mouse, keyboard, disk drives, monitor) to the

board.

4. Connect the power supply to the board or insert into a passive

backplane.

The EPC-30 is now ready for power up.

Setting Up the BIOS

This section details the various menus and sub-menus you can use to

configure the BIOS. The section presents each field in sequence as you

would encounter it for the first time. Help is available in the “Item Specific

Help” area of each menu.

Nonvolatile CMOS RAM on the EPC-30 board maintains the BIOS settings

you save. The BIOS uses these settings to initialize the hardware.

You can access the BIOS setup menus only during the system boot process.

Chapter 3 fully describes ways you can reset the EPC-30; you can use

CTRL-ALT-DEL, for example. To access the BIOS setup menus, press the

F2 key as the system boots.

Use the up and down cursor (arrow) keys to move from field to field on a

menu. Use the right and left cursor keys to move from menu to menu, as

noted in the menu bar at the top of the screen. If you leave a menu and then

return, the active field is always at the top of the menu. If you select a sub-

menu and then return to the main menu, you return to that sub-menu

heading. For System Time and Date, press the TAB key to move between

the date and time fields.

Fields with a triangle to the left represent sub-menu headings. Press the

ENTER key when the cursor rests on one of these headings to reach the

respective sub-menu. For most fields, position the cursor at the field, and

from the numeric keypad, press the + and - keys to scroll through available

choices. You can also enter certain numeric fields by using number keys on

the keyboard. Once you change an entry to the desired value, use the up and

down cursor keys to move to the next field.

Main BIOS Setup Menu

Figure 2-3 shows the BIOS setup Main Menu.