Ampro Corporation 5001692A manual Accessing Bios Setup Serial Console, Bios Setup Menu Item/Topic

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup

Accessing BIOS Setup (Serial Console)

Entering the BIOS Setup, in serial console mode, is very similar to the steps you use to enter BIOS Setup with a VGA display input, except the actual keys you use.

1.Connect the serial console, or the PC with serial terminal emulation, to Serial Port 1 (J3) or Serial Port 2 (J9) of the CoreModule 420.

♦If the BIOS option, Serial Console is set to [Enable], use a standard null-modem serial cable.

♦If the BIOS option, Serial Console is set to [Hot Cable], use the modified serial cable described in Chapter 3, under Hot (Serial) Cable.

2.Turn on the serial console or the PC with serial terminal emulation and the power supply to the CoreModule 420.

3.Start Setup by pressing the Ctl–c keys, when the following message appears on the boot screen.

Hit ^C if you want to run SETUP

4.Use the <Enter> key to access the Setup screen menus listed in the main BIOS screen.

NOTE	The serial console port is not hardware protected but is removed from the
	COM table during BIOS Setup. Diagnostic software that probes hardware
	addresses may cause a loss or failure of the serial console functions.

Table 4-1. BIOS Setup Menus

BIOS Setup Menu	Item/Topic
BIOS and Hardware Settings	Date and Time
	Drive Configuration
	Boot Order and
	Drive and Boot Options
	Keyboard settings
	User Interface options
	Memory settings
	Power management
	Advanced Features
	On-Board Features (Serial, Parallel, USB, Video, etc.)
	PCI and Plug and Plug Options
Reload Initial Settings	Resets the BIOS (CMOS) to the last know settings
Load Factory Default Settings	Resets BIOS (CMOS) to factory settings
Exit, Saving Changes	Writes all changes to BIOS (CMOS) and exits
Exit, Discarding Changes	Closes BIOS without saving changes except time and date

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