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 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.

Main Menu

BIOS Revision

System Time

Table 3-6. BIOS Setup Menus and Parameters

 

Default

Shows the current BIOS version.

Detected automatically.

 

 

Sets the time using 24-hour format. Values

 

set take effect immediately.

 

 

 

System Date

Diskette A

Sets the date using mm/dd/yyyy format.

Sets the floppy drive type.

Floppy disk drive type detected and set automatically.

Primary Master

Secondary Master

Display Device

PS/2 Mouse

ZV Port

Quiet Boot

Sets the hard disk drive type and various parameters.

Sets the CD-ROM drive type and various parameters.

Switches between the built-in display (LCD), an external display (CRT) if attached, and both.

Enables or disables the pointing devices.

Sets whether zoomed video function is enabled, to connect from a PC card to a VGA controller.

When enabled, hides summary of power-on self-test and messages during boot.

Hard disk drive detected and set automatically.

CD-ROM drive detected and set automatically.

LCD/CRT

Enabled

Enabled

Enabled

System Memory

Extended Memory

Advanced Menu

Serial port

Shows the system memory size.

Shows the extended memory size.

Sets how the serial port is configured by the

640KB

Detected automatically.

Default

Enabled

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HP book XE2 manual Running the Bios Setup Utility, Bios Setup Menus and Parameters