User`s guide

Using BIOS Setup

3. If youdo not press F2,the boot process continuesand various messages appear. The

message content may differ based on your system conﬁguration and operating

system. User’s with NT systems may see a message similar to the following:

Press <Ctrl><C> to enter SCSI Utility

Note: The next two steps are applicable to NT users.

4. Press Ctrl+C if SCSI devices are installed. When the utility opens, follow the

displayed instructions to conﬁgure the onboard SCSI host adapter settings and to

run the SCSI utilities. If you do not enter the SCSI utility, the boot process continues.

5. Press Esc during POSTto access a boot menu when POST ﬁnishes.From this menu,

you can choose the boot device or enter BIOS Setup.

After POST completes, the system beeps once.

What appears on the screen after this depends on if you have an OS loaded and if so,

which one.

If the system halts before POST completes running, it emits a beep code indicating a

criticalsystemerrorthat requiresimmediateattention.IfPOSTcandisplay a message on

the video display screen, the speaker beeps twice as the message appears.

Note the screen display and write down the beep code you hear; this information is

useful for your service representative.

Using BIOS Setup

This section describes the BIOS Setup options. Use Setup to change the system

conﬁguration defaults. You can run Setup with or without an OS being present. Setup

stores most of the conﬁguration values in battery-backed CMOS; the rest of the values

arestored in ﬂash memory. Thevalues takeeffect when you boot the system. POSTuses

these values to conﬁgure the hardware; if the values and the actual hardware do not

agree, POST generates an error message. You must then run Setup to specify the correct

conﬁguration.