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3 Using the Setup Program
This chapter provides an overview of the Setup program. You can use the Setup program to
change the configuration information and boot sequence for the computer.
✏NOTE
For reference purposes, you should write down the current Setup settings. When you make
changes to the settings, update this record.

Setup Program Modes

The Setup program has three modes of operation:
• Normal mode for normal operations
• Configure mode for configuring the processor speed and clearing passwords (see Chapter 2 for
how to do both tasks)
• Recovery mode for recovering the BIOS data
The Setup program operating mode is controlled by the setting of the configuration jumper block
J8A1 (see Figure 7). The jumper is set to normal mode at the factory.
Table 1 shows jumper settings for the different Setup modes.
Table 1. Jumper Settings for Setup Program Modes
Mode Jumper Description
Normal 1-2 BIOS uses current configuration and passwords for booting.
Configure 2-3 After the POST runs, Setup starts and displays the Maintenance menu. This menu
displays options for setting the processor speed and clearing passwords.
Recovery None BIOS recovers data from a recovery diskette. Refer to Chapter 4 for information on
recovering the BIOS data during an upgrade.