Siemens Nixdorf D818, Technical Manual

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Settings and add-on modules
CONFIGURE WITH POWER-ON DEFAULTS
This option enables you to set all settings of the setup menu to default values, by
means of which it is always possible to start the PC.
CHANGE PASSWORD
This option enables you to assign, change or delete a password (see Operating
Manual of the PC).
WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT
This option saves the settings you have made to CMOS RAM and exits the setup
menu.
DO NOT WRITE TO CMOS AND EXIT
This option exits the setup menu without saving the settings you have made.
Settings using the STANDARD CMOS SETUP option
Date
Time
The field for Date contains the current date, and the field for Time contains
the current time of the PC. If you change the date or time, you must use the
formats
mm/dd/yy
(month/day/year) and
hh/mm/ss
(hours/minutes/seconds)
respectively.
!
If the fields for
Date
and
Time
show the wrong values after switching
the PC off and back on, then the battery is empty. Please contact the
service department.
Floppy Drive A:
Floppy Drive B:
Both fields show the type of floppy disk drives installed.
Possible entries:
360K
,
1.2M
,
720K
,
1.44M
,
2.88M
and
NOT INSTALLED
.
Default entry for Floppy Drive A : 1.44M
Default entry for
Floppy Drive B
:
NOT INSTALLED
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Settings and add-on modules
Drive C: Type
Drive D: Type
Drive E: Type
Drive F: Type
These fields show the type of hard disk drives installed. The values for
Drive C: Type
are valid for the default hard disk drive.
Possible entries:
AUTO-CONFIG
The BIOS checks the installed hard disk drive and, in the case of IDE hard
disk drives, automatically configures the values for
Cyln
,
Head
,
Sect
and
Size .
USER TYPE 1
You are responsible for entering the values for Cyln , Head , Sect and Size
yourself if the BIOS does not recognize the installed hard disk drive (e.g.
SCSI or ESDI hard disk drives).
USER TYPE 2
Same as USER TYPE 1 .
It is not possible to load the operating system if the wrong hard disk
i
type is entered. In this case an MS-DOS message indicating that the
operating system is missing is displayed.
Default entry for C: USER TYPE 1
Default entry for D: to F:
AUTO-CONFIG
Drive C: Timeout
Drive D: Timeout
Drive E: Timeout
Drive F: Timeout
In this field you specify the time allowed for the BIOS to detect the installed
hard disk drive for automatic configuration. An error message is displayed if
the BIOS exceeds this time. The values for
Drive C: Timeout are valid for the
default hard disk drive.
Possible entries: 0 , 5 , 15 , 31 seconds
Default entry:
5 seconds
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