HP Book 900 manual Running the Bios Setup Utility, Bios Setup Menus and Parameters

BIOS Setup Utility

The BIOS Setup utility provides access to basic configuration settings. It is independent of the operating system.

Running the BIOS Setup Utility

1.Close all applications, then shut down Windows and reboot the OmniBook. If necessary, you can press CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot.

2.During reboot, press F2 to start the BIOS Setup utility.

3.The pointing device or mouse is not active in the BIOS Setup utility. Press the RIGHT and LEFT arrow keys to move among menus. Press the DOWN and UP arrow keys to move among parameters in a menu. Press F5 or F6 to move through values for the current parameter. Press ENTER to change a setting. See the table below for more information.

4.After you select the options you want, press F10 or use the Exit menu to exit the BIOS Setup utility.

If the settings cause a conflict between devices during reboot, the system prompts you to run BIOS Setup, and the conflicting settings are marked.

Table 3-6. BIOS Setup Menus and Parameters

Main Menu		Default
Language	Sets the language for this utility and BIOS messages.	English.
BIOS Revision	Shows the current BIOS version.	Detected
		automatically.
System Time	Sets the time using 24-hour format. Values set take effect
	immediately.
System Date	Sets the date using mm/dd/yy (English) or dd/mm/yy format.
Floppy Drive	Sets the floppy drive type.	Detected and set
		automatically.
Internal Hard Disk	Sets the hard disk drive type and various parameters.	Detected and set
		automatically.
Quiet Boot	When enabled, hides summary of power-on self-test and	Enabled
	messages during boot.
Video Display Device	Sets whether the built-in and external display signals	Auto
	automatically switch when an external display is detected, or
	whether both signals are active. Pressing Fn+F5 temporarily
	switches displays.

Video Expansion

Primary Video Adapter

Sets whether the video image expands to fill the display in lower resolution modes (VGA). When disabled, the video image is centered in the display.

Sets whether the internal (built-in) video adapter automatically switches to an external video adapter connected to the docking system, if one is detected. (Select Internal to use multiple-monitor capability of Windows 98.)

Disabled

Auto

System Memory	Shows the system memory size.	640KB
Extended Memory	Shows the extended memory size.	Detected
		automatically.
CPU Serial Number	For a processor with a serial number, makes the processor	Enabled
	serial number available to software.

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