Specifications

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2. Configuring the

BIOS Setup

Power-On Screen Display

Whenever a hardware reset of the EPC occurs (power-on or front panel reset), the

system performs a power-on self-test (POST) which will display information showing

the status of the BIOS self test if a monitor is attached via a video adapter. If

everything proceeds normally, the screen image will appear approximately as shown

below.

386SL Modular BIOS V3.06abd.

TESTING INTERRUPT CONTROLLER #1 ......................... OK

TESTING INTERRUPT CONTROLLER #2 ......................... OK

TESTING CMOS BATTERY .................................... OK

TESTING CMOS CHECKSUM ................................... OK

SIZING SYSTEM MEMORY .............................. 640K FOUND

TESTING SYSTEM MEMORY ............................. 640K OK

CHECKING UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTS AND STUCK NMI ............ OK

TESTING PROTECTED MODE .................................. OK

SIZING EXPANSION MEMORY .......................... 3072K FOUND

TESTING MEMORY IN PROTECTED MODE ................. 3712K FOUND

TESTING PROCESSOR EXCEPTION INTERRUPTS .................. OK

TESTING ONBOARD SERIAL PORT #1 .......................... OK

TESTING ONBOARD SERIAL PORT #2 .......................... OK

RadiSys EPC Setup Program

The values shown in the two lines SIZING EXPANSION MEMORY and TESTING

MEMORY IN PROTECTED MODE may be different than shown above depending on

the memory configuration of each system.