Ampro Corporation Littleboard 550 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 console, or the PC with serial terminal emulation, to Serial Port 1 or Serial Port 2 of the LittleBoard 550.

♦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 console or the PC with serial terminal emulation and the power supply to the LittleBoard 550.

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 Configuration
			Boot Order
			Drive and Boot Options
			Keyboard & Mouse settings
			User Interface options
			Memory settings
			Power management
			Advanced Features
			On-Board Features (Serial, Parallel, USB, Video, Audio, etc.)
			PCI and 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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