I-Bus IBC 2600, User Manual

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Chapter 2 - System BIOS
2-3 IBC 2600 User’s Guide
You have two options:
S
Press <Del> to access the AMIBIOS Setup Utility.
This option allows you to change various system parameters
such as date and time, disk drives, etc. The
Running AMIBIOS
Setup section of this manual describes the options available.
You may be requested to enter a password before gaining
access to the AMIBIOS Setup Utility. (See Password
Entry later
in this section.)
If you enter the correct password or no password is required, the
AMIBIOS Setup Main Menu displays. (See
Running AMIBIOS
Setup later in this section.)
S
Allow the bootup process to continue without invoking the
AMIBIOS Setup Utility.
In this case, after AMIBIOS loads the system, you may be
requested to enter a password. (See Password
Entry later in this
section.)
Once the POST routines complete successfully, a screen displays show-
ing the current configuration of your system, including processor type,
base and extended memory amounts, floppy and hard drive types, dis-
play type and peripheral ports.
In systems with more than 1MB of memory, AMIBIOS reports 384KB less
RAM than it finds, because it accounts for the address space between
640K and 1024K which is unavailable to DOS. This space is used for
video RAM, video BIOS, system BIOS and adapter ROMs.
Password Entry
The system may be configured so that the user is required to enter a
password each time the system boots or whenever an attempt is made to
enter AMIBIOS Setup. The password function may also be disabled so
that the password prompt does not appear under any circumstances.
The Password Check option in the Advanced CMOS Setup program
allows you to specify when the password prompt displays: Always or only
when
Setup is attempted. The supervisor and user passwords may be
changed using the Change Supervisor Password and Change User
Password options on the AMIBIOS Setup Main Menu. If the passwords
are null, the password prompt does not display at any time. A more de-
tailed description of the password setup function may be found in the
Running AMIBIOS Setup section of this manual.