2-8 Setup and Operation
The legend bar
the area at the bottom of the screen. The legend bar provides a
summary of command keys for using Setup.
The General Help window
a window that appears any time during Setup after
pressing
F1
or
Alt H
. This help window provides two pages of general information
about using Setup.
The following subsections describe how to use the Main Menu window to set system
parameters.
Menu Bar
The menu bar at the top of the Main Menu window lists these menus:
Main
Use this menu for basic system configuration. For example, select Main
to set the system time, system date, diskette drives, and video parameters. Use
this menu to check memory parameters, numlock, and boot options.
Advanced
Use this menu to set serial port and printer port addresses and
interrupts, to enable/disable the system’s diskette drive controller and dual-IDE
controllers, and to enable a Plug and Play operating system such as Windows 95.
The Advanced menu also provides, for example, menu items for setting
parameters for large disks (using large disks with Windows NT™), enable/disable
onboard sound and surround sound, and enable/disable the mouse port.
Some of the Advanced features are accessible only with a Supervisor password.
Security
Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords, diskette access,
fixed disk boot sector, and the Backup and Virus-check reminders.
Power
Use this menu to configure Power Management features.
Boot
Use this menu to select the boot device (diskette drive, CD-ROM reader,
or hard drive)
Exit
Exits the Setup utility with options to save or discard changes, load
defaults, or load previous values.
To select an option from the menu bar, use the left and right arrow keys.
See “Exiting Setup” in this section for a description on exiting the Main Menu.