User's Manual 15
3 BIOS and Setup Utility
3.1 Introduction
The HOT-559(S) main board uses an Award BIOS, which is stored in Flash EEPROM
and easily upgraded using a floppy disk-based program. In addition to the Award
BIOS, the Flash EEPROM also contains the Setup utility, Power-on Self Tests (POST),
APM 1.2, the PCI auto-configuration utility, and Windows 95 ready Plug and Play.
This HOT-559 main board also supports system BIOS shadowing, allowing the BIOS
to execute from 64-bit on-board write-protected DRAM.
3.2 BIOS Upgrades
Flash memory makes distributing BIOS upgrades easy. A new version of the BIOS
can be installed from a diskette.
The disk-based Flash upgrade utility, AWDFLASH.EXE, please note the following
when making the BIOS updates.
The Flash BIOS can be updated from a file on a disk;
The current BIOS code can be copied from the Flash EEPROM to a disk file as
backup in the event that an upgrade cannot be successfully completed;
Flash utility can't work under protected/virtual mode. Memorymanager like
QEMM386, EMM386 should not be loaded. (or Simply bypass all config.sys
and autoexec.bat )
3.3 Entering Setup
HOT-559 BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the
basic system configuration. This type of information is stored in battery-backed RAM
so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.
Power on the computer and press <Del> immediately will allow you to enter
Setup. The other way to enter Setup is to power on the computer, when the below
message appear briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST (Power On Self
Test), press <Del> key or simultaneously press <Ctrl>,<Alt>, and <Esc> keys.
TO ENTER SETUP BEFORE BOOT PRESS CTRL-ALT-ESC OR DEL KEY
If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup,
restart the system to try again by turning it OFF the ON or pressing the "RESET"
button on the system case. You may also restart by simultaneously press
<Ctrl>,<Alt>, and <Delete> keys. If you do not press the keys at the correct
time and the system does not boot, an error message will be displayed and you will
again be asked to,
PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP
