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BIOS Sample Start-Up
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Sample Start-Up
The following figure shows a sample start-up message following the
video BIOS message which displays the graphic card type and the video
RAM size.
Figure 31: Sample Start-Up Message
Note:
• The NVRAM (CMOS) values may have been corrupted or modi-
fied incorrectly, perhaps by an application program that changes
data stored in NVRAM (CMOS). BIOS detects such problems by
verifying a so-called "System CMOS Checksum".
• If, during bootup, BIOS detects a problem in the integrity of val-
ues stored in NVRAM (CMOS), it displays a message asking you
to choose between boot continuation or entering Setup with the
ROM default values already loaded into the menus.
• After entering Setup with the ROM default values already loaded
into the menus, it might be possible to restore some values as
saved in NVRAM (CMOS) via the exit configuration option to
load previous values.