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General Information 1-21
- If you do not want to save your changes, press the right-arrow key to
select the option No then press Enter, to exit Setup without saving.
Viewing System Information and Product Data
To view general hardware information about your computer, select the System
Information option from the Setup main menu. The items displayed in the
System Information menu are not configurable.
Setup automatically updates this menu when you do either of the following:
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Add or change hardware on your computer
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Make changes to other menus in Setup and save those changes
To view the computer information such as the model number, serial number,
and BIOS version and date, select the Product Data option from the Setup
main menu. Like in the System Information menu, the items displayed are not
configurable.
Disk Drives
If you install a new diskette, hard disk, or CD-ROM drive, BIOS auto-detects
the presence of these devices. Enter Setup to identify or verify the type of
drive installed in the computer.
If you want to change any drive setting, select Disk Drives from the main
menu. The Disk Drives menu appears showing the diskette drive and IDE
drive parameters.
Diskette Drive (A or B)
These options display the size and storage capacity of the currently installed
diskette drive or drives. Empty drive bays are indicated with a “None” setting.
Your Aptiva computer comes with a diskette drive A:. If you add an additional
diskette drive, it will be designated as diskette drive B.
IDE Hard Disk and CD-ROM Drives
The Disk Drives menu includes four IDE drive items that allow you to
configure the hard disk drives and the CD-ROM drive. Selecting any one of
these items displays a submenu with details on a particular IDE drive.
The IDE drive items are identified as follows: