Intel MB440LX manual When to Run the Bios Setup Utility, Running the Setup Utility

When to Run the BIOS Setup Utility

The Setup utility lets you change the system configuration defaults. It does not let you enter or change information about PCI or ISA add-in boards; you must use the SCU instead. Setup stores most of the configuration values in the battery-backed memory of the RTC; the rest of the values are stored in flash memory. The values take effect when you boot the system. The POST checks these values against the actual hardware configuration; if they do not agree, it generates an error message. You must then run Setup to specify the correct configuration.

You can run the Setup utility with or without an operating system being present.

Since values entered using the Setup utility are overwritten when you run the SCU, you should only run Setup under the following conditions:

∙To enable the diskette drive

∙If you do not have access to a diskette drive

∙If you do no want to configure any ISA add-in boards in the system

Running the Setup Utility

Reset the system. When you see this message:

Press F2 key if you want to run SETUP

Press <F2> to run Setup.

Setup provides six major menus and nine submenus:

∙Main Menu

⎯Primary IDE Master Submenu

⎯Primary IDE Slave Submenu

⎯Keyboard Features Submenu

∙Advanced Menu

⎯PCI Configuration Submenu

⎯Integrated Peripheral Configuration Submenu

∙Security Menu

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