IBM Mother Board 486F39X, User Manual

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Chapter 3:Software
3 Software Guide
Software setup
After hardware configuration of the 486 VESA motherboard is
completed, and system hardware has been assembled, the completed
system may be powered-up. At this point, software setup should be run
to ensure that system information is correct.
System setup is needed when the system hardware is not identical with
the information contained in the CMOS RAM, or whenever the CMOS
RAM has lost power.
R u n n i n g AMI Win BIOS
When the system is powered on, the BIOS will enter the Power-On Self
Test( POST) routines. These rountines are divided into two phases:
*System Test and Initialization(test and initialize system boards for
normal operations).
*System Configuration Verification(compare defined configuration with
hardware actually installed).
The AMI BIOS performs the various diagnostic checks at the time the
system is powered up; if an error is encountered, the error will be
reported in one of two different ways.
If the error occurs before the display device is initialized, a series of
beeps will be transmitted.