Advantech PPC-150 manual Standard Cmos Setup, Cmos setup screen

A setup program, built into the system BIOS, is stored in the CMOS RAM that allows the configuration settings to be changed. This program is executed when the user changes the system configuration; when the user changes the system backup battery; or when the system detects a configuration error and asks the user to run the setup program. At power-on RAM testing, the message "Press DEL to enter Setup" appears. After pressing the "DEL" key, the CMOS setup utility screen will appear as shown in Fig. 9-1. Use the arrow keys to select and press "Enter" to run the selected program.

9.3 Standard CMOS Setup

Figure 9-2: CMOS setup screen

The standard CMOS setup screen is shown above. System BIOS automatically detects memory size, so no changes are necessary. It has a few items requiring setting. Each item may have one or more optional settings. System BIOS allows you to change the system date and time, IDE hard disk, floppy disk drive types for drives A: and B:, boot-up video display mode, and POST error handling selection. Use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then use the "PgUp" or "PgDn" keys to select the value you want for each item.

Chapter 9 Award BIOS Setup 101