Chapter Five: BIOS Setup
The Setup program customizes the way the Clean Screen PC uses the hardware features of its
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). The Setup data is stored in CMOS and guides the comput-
er every time it is turned on. A special feature of the Clean Screen PC is its ability to also store
the Setup information in flash memory, so Setup information can be recovered by the system
should the CMOS become corrupted. See the Exit menu section for details.
Entering the BIOS Setup Program
When you first boot up the Clean Screen PC, there is a short-time window during which a mes-
sage is displayed telling you to Press F2 to enter Setup. Press and hold <F2> to enter Setup.
Setup Screens
The System BIOS Setup menus are the standard Phoenix NuBIOS 4.05 (with plug-and-play and
PCI support) screens with RadiSys extensions. A legend at the bottom of each screen provides
information for the user to manipulate setup options.
Use the up and down arrow keys to move the cursor from field to field, and the right and left
arrows to move from menu to menu. If the arrow keys are used to leave a menu and then return,
the active field is always at the beginning of the menu. Fields with a triangle to the left are
sub-menu headings; pressing <enter> when the cursor rests on one of these headings opens that
sub-menu. Within the sub-menu, most fields allow the user to flip through that fields available
choices by pressing the <+> and <-> keys. Once the desired entry has been selected, use the up
or down arrow to move the cursor to the next field.
There are four menus: Main, Advanced, Power, and Exit. Note that item specific Help is pro-
vided whenever an item is selected. In this manual we will only detail the more important
sub-menus and choices.
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