Air 486PH, User Manual, Page: 31 / 48

System Boot Up Sequence
System can either boot up from floppy drive or from hard disk
drive. Selecting option A:, C: will force the BIOS to look for
bootable operating system files from floppy drive A: first before
look for files from drive C:. Reverse this sequence by selecting
C:, A:. The Optimal & Fail-Safe default setting is
A:,C:.
External Cache Memory
This option enables secondary (external) on-board cache
memory. The Optimal default setting is
Enabled . The Fail-Safe
default setting is Disabled .
Internal Cache Memory
This option enables internal (on the microprocessor) cache
memory. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default setting are
Enabled.
Password Checking
If the "Always" option is chosen at Setup, each time the system
is turned on, the prompt request for user password will appear.
If the "Setup" option is chosen at Setup, the Password prompt
will not appear when the system is turned on, but will appear if
the user attempts to enter the Setup program.
The board is shipped with the Password Checking option
disabled. To enable this option, you have to select your
password by select the Password icon in the Security window of
the main menu screen.
If you want to ‘disable the Password Checking option, go to the
Security Menu and select Password icon to change to new
password. You will be asked to enter the old password before
you can enter the new password. However, do not enter any
character when you are asked to enter new password, simply
press <Enter> key two times. The message to indicate that the
Password Checking is disabled will appear.