Ampro Corporation 700 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, except the actual keys you use.

1.Set the serial terminal, or the PC with communications software to the following settings:

♦115k baud

♦8 bits

♦One stop bit

♦No parity

♦No hardware handshake

2.Connect the serial terminal, or the PC with serial terminal emulation, to one of the serial ports, Serial Port 1 or 2, of the ReadyBoard 700.

♦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.

3.Turn on the serial terminal, or the PC with serial terminal emulation and the power supply to the ReadyBoard 700.

4.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

5. 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. 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 Assignment
			Boot Order
			Drive and Boot Options
			Keyboard & Mouse (settings)
			User Interface (options)
			Memory (settings, including DRAM )
			Power Management
			Advanced Features
			On-Board Features (Serial, Parallel, USB, Video, Audio, etc.)
			PCI (settings)
			Plug and Play (options)
	Reload Initial Settings		Resets the BIOS (CMOS) to the most recent 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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