Compaq 470022-515 - Evo - D300 User manual

Computer Setup Guide

Evo Desktop Family

Evo Workstation Family

Deskpro Workstations

Document Part Number: 215867-003

September 2001

This guide provides instructions on how to use Computer Setup

utilities, a software tool installed on the hard drive. This tool is used

to reconfigure and modify computer default settings when new

hardware is installed and for maintenance purposes.

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Computer Setup Guide

Evo Desktop Family

Evo Workstation Family

Deskpro Workstations

Third Edition (September 2001)

Part Number: 215867-003

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Computer Setup Guide iii

Contents

Computer Setup

Computer Setup Utilities (F10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Using Computer Setup Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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Computer Setup Guide 1

Computer Setup

Computer Setup Utilities (F10)

Use Computer Setup to do the following:

■Change factory default settings.

■Set the system date and time.

■Set, view, change, or verify the system configuration, including

settings for processor, graphics, memory, audio, storage,

communications, and input devices.

■Modify the boot order of bootable devices such as hard drives,

diskette drives, CD-ROM drives, DVD-ROM drives, or LS-120

drives.

■Configure the boot priority of IDE and SCSI hard drives

controllers.

■Configure Quiet Drive options (for drives that support this

feature).

■Enable Quick Boot, which is faster than Full Boot but does not

run all of the diagnostic tests run during a Full Boot. You can set

your system to:

❏always Quick Boot (default);

❏periodically Full Boot (from every 1 to 30 days); or

❏always Full Boot.

■Enable or disable Network Server Mode, which allows the

computer to boot the operating system when the power-on

password is enabled, with or without a keyboard or mouse

attached. When attached to the system, the keyboard and mouse

remain locked until the power-on password is entered.

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Computer Setup

■Select Post Messages Enabled or Disabled to change the display

status of Power-On Self-Test (POST) messages. Post Messages

Disabled suppresses most POST messages, such as memory

count, product name, and other non-error text messages. If a

POST error occurs, the error is displayed regardless of the mode

selected. To manually switch to Post Messages Enabled during

POST, press any key (except F1 through F12).

■Establish an Ownership Tag, the text of which is displayed each

time the system is turned on or restarted.

■Enter the Asset Tag or property identification number assigned by

your company to this computer.

■Enable the power-on password prompt during system restarts

(warm boots) as well as during power-on.

■Establish a setup password that controls access to Computer

Setup (F10) and the settings described in this section.

■To secure integrated I/O functionality, including the serial, USB,

or parallel ports, audio, or embedded NIC, so that they cannot be

used until they are unsecured.

■Enable or disable Master Boot Record (MBR) Security.

■Enable or disable removable media boot ability.

■Enable or disable removable media write ability.

■Solve system configuration errors detected but not automatically

fixed during the Power-On Self-Test (POST).

■Replicate your system setup by saving system configuration

information on diskette and restoring it on one or more

computers.

■Execute self-tests on a specified IDE hard drive.

■Configure various energy-saving features including energy saver

mode, system and hard drive timeouts, power button mode, and

power LED behavior.

■Enable or disable DriveLock security.

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Computer Setup Guide 3

Computer Setup

Using Computer Setup Utilities

To access the Computer Setup Utilities menu, complete the following

steps:

1. Turn on or restart the computer. If you are in Windows, click

Start > Shut Down > Restart the Computer.

2. When the F10 = Setup message is displayed in the lower-right

corner of the screen, press the F10 key.

✎If you do not press the F10 key while the message is displayed, you

must restart the computer again to access the utility.

3. Select your language from the list and press the Enter key.

4. A choice of five headings appears in the Computer Setup Utilities

menu: File, Storage, Security, Power, and Advanced.

5. Use the Tab key to select the appropriate heading. Use the arrow

keys to select the option you want, then press the Enter key. To

return to the Computer Setup Utilities menu, press the Esc key.

6. To apply and save changes, select File > Save Changes and Exit.

❏If you selected an option that automatically restarted the

computer, changes were applied at that time.

❏If you have made changes that you do not want applied, select

Ignore Changes and Exit.

❏If you have already applied changes you now want to

eliminate, select Set Defaults and Exit. This option will

restore the original factory system defaults.

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Computer Setup

Heading Option Description

File System Information Lists:

• Product name

• Processor type/speed/stepping

• Cache size (L1/L2)

• Installed memory size

• System ROM (includes family name and

version)

• System board revision

• Chassis serial number

• Asset tracking number

• Integrated MAC address for embedded,

enabled NIC (if applicable)

About Displays copyright notice.

Set Time and Date Allows you to set system time and date.

Save to Diskette Saves system configuration, including

CMOS, to a blank, formatted 1.44-MB

diskette.

Restore from Diskette Restores system configuration, including

CMOS, from a diskette.

Set Defaults and Exit Restores factory default settings, which

includes clearing any established passwords.

Ignore Changes and

Exit

Exits Computer Setup without applying or

saving any changes.

Save Changes and Exit Saves changes to system configuration and

exits Computer Setup.

Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware

configuration.

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Computer Setup Guide 5

Computer Setup

Storage Device Configuration Lists all installed storage devices. When a

device is selected, detailed information and

options are displayed. The following options

may be presented:

Diskette Type

Identifies the highest capacity media type

accepted by the diskette drive.

Legacy Diskette Drives

Options are 3.5” 1.44 MB, 3.5” 720 KB, 5.25”

1.2 MB, 5.25” 360 KB, and Not Installed.

Multibay Superdisk Drives

Options are LS-120 and LS-260.

Drive Emulation

Allows you to select a drive emulation type

for a storage device. (For example, a Zip

drive can be made bootable by selecting

diskette emulation.)

LS-120 and ATAPI Zip Drives

Drive Type Emulation Options

IDE LS-120 None (treated as

diskette drive)

Disk (treated as hard

drive)

ATAPI Zip drive None (treated as Other)

Diskette (treated as

diskette drive)

Disk (treated as hard

drive)

Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware

configuration.

Computer Setup

(Continued)

Heading Option Description

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Computer Setup

Storage

(continued)

Device Configuration

(continued)

Drive Emulation

(continued)

IDE Devices

Drive Type Emulation Options

Hard Disk No emulation options

available.

Diskette None (treated as

diskette drive)

Disk (treated as hard drive)

CD-ROM None (treated as CD-ROM

drive)

Diskette (treated as

diskette drive)

Disk (treated as hard drive)

Transfer Mode

(IDE devices only

)

Specifies the active data transfer mode.

Options (subject to device capabilities) are

PIO 0, Max PIO, Enhanced DMA,

Ultra DMA 0, and Max UDMA.

Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware

configuration.

Computer Setup

(Continued)

Heading Option Description

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Computer Setup Guide 7

Computer Setup

Storage

(continued)

Device Configuration

(continued)

Translation Mode

(IDE disks only)

Lets you select the translation mode to be

used for the device. This enables the BIOS to

access disks partitioned and formatted on

other systems and may be necessary for

users of older versions of UNIX (e.g., SCO

UNIX version 3.2). Options are Bit-Shift, LBA

Assisted, User, and None.

ÄCAUTION: Ordinarily, the translation

mode selected automatically by the BIOS

should not be changed. If the selected

translation mode is not compatible with

the translation mode that was active

when the disk was partitioned and

formatted, the data on the disk will be

inaccessible.

Translation Parameters

(IDE Disks only)

Allows you to specify the parameters (logical

cylinders, heads, and sectors per track) used

by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests

(from the operating system or an application)

into terms the hard drive can accept. Logical

cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number

of heads may not exceed 256. The number of

sectors per track may not exceed 63. These

fields are only visible and changeable when

the drive translation mode is set to User.

Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware

configuration.

Computer Setup

(Continued)

Heading Option Description

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