Chapter3 BIOS SETTING
After power on the 8670 terminal you can press del to enter the BIOS
setting .The system BIOS used in 8670 is Award Plug and Play BIOS. The
8670 terminal contains a single 2MB Flash EPROM and supports power-on
modification of the system
3.1 System test and initialization
These routines test and initialize board hardware. If the routines
encounter an error during the tests, you will either hear a few short beeps
or see an error message on the screen. There are two kinds of errors:
fatal and non-fatal. The system can usually continue the boot up
sequence with non-fatal errors. Non-fatal error messages usually appear
on the screen along with the following instructions:
press <F1> to RESUME
Write down the message and press the F1 key to continue the bootup
sequence.
3-1-1 System configuration verification
These routines check the current system configuration against the
values stored in the board’s CMOS memory. If they do not match, the
program outputs an error message. You will then need to run the
BIOS setup program to set the configuration information in memory.
There are three situations in which you will need to change the
CMOS settings:
1. You are starting your system for the first time
2. You have changed the hardware attached to your system
3. The CMOS memory has lost power and the configuration
information has been erased.
The 8670 terminal' s CMOS memory has an integral lithium
battery backup. The battery backup should last ten years in
normal service, but when it finally runs down, you will need to
replace the complete unit.
