Introduction 1-15
Table 1-4 Boot Main Setup Menu
Item
Function
System Time
This option allows you to change the system time, using the
format hour : minute : second. You can change the system
time here or from your operating system’s command prompt.
System Date
This option allows you to change the system date, using the
format month / day / year. You can change the system date
here or from your operating system’s command prompt.
Diskette A
This option allows you to specify the type of diskette drive
mounted inside the notebook. The default setting for this
option is 3.5”, 1.44 MB disk drive.
Hard Disk
This option allows you to specify the type of hard drive
mounted inside the notebook.
Select the Auto option to instruct the BIOS to automatically
detect the relevant parameters of the hard drive.
Some hard drives, however, do not respond correctly to the
values detected. In such cases, you must search and select,
from the list, the make and model of the drive being used.
Base Memory
This field reports the amount of base (or conventional)
memory found by the BIOS during its POST. The value
should not exceed or go below 640 KB.
Extended Memory
This field reports the amount of extended memory found by
the BIOS during POST. The value displayed is the amount of
the memory address map. Because all models in the NEC
Versa 2500 Series have a minimum of 16 MB of memory as
the standard configuration, this value should not be less than
7168 KB.
Boot Options
This option allows you to configure the computer to which
drive it first looks for the operating system.
Select A:, CD-ROM (if installed) then C: if you want to boot
from a diskette. If there is no diskette found in the floppy
drive, the computer then tries to load the operating system
from the CD-ROM. If there is no CD-ROM then the computer
tries to load the operating system from the hard drive.
Select C: then A: if you want to boot from a hard drive. If
there is no operating system found in the hard drive the
computer tries to load the operating system from a floppy
drive.
Select C: only if the hard drive already holds an operating
system and all necessary startup file configurations.
SETUP prompt
Setting this to enabled display “Press <F2> to Enter SETUP”
on boot; Setting to disable suppresses the message, but
pressing <F2> will still enter SETUP.