Computer Setup Guide Computer Setup Guide Notice Compaq Computer Corporation shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information in this guide is subject to change without notice. © 2000 Compaq Computer Corporation. Except for use in connection with the accompanying Compaq product, no part of this guide may be photocopied or reproduced in any form without prior written consent from Compaq Computer Corporation. COMPAQ, the Compaq logo, Armada and Deskpro Registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Microsoft, Windows, Windows NT, and other names of Microsoft products referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. Celeron and MMX are trademarks of Intel Corporation. All other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Printed in U.S.A. The following words and symbols mark special messages throughout this guide: WARNING: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could result in bodily harm or loss of life. CAUTION: Text set off in this manner indicates that failure to follow directions could result in damage to equipment or loss of information. Computer Setup Guide First Edition (October 2000) Part Number 215867-001 Compaq Computer Corporation COMPUTER SETUP Computer Setup Utilities (F10) Use Computer Setup to do the following: Change factory default settings. Set the system date and time. Set, view, change, or verify the system configuration, including settings for processor, graphics, memory, audio, storage, communications, and input devices. Modify the boot order of bootable devices such as hard drives, diskette drives, CD-ROM drives, DVD-ROM drives, or LS-120 drives. Configure the boot priority of IDE and SCSI hard drives controllers. Configure Quiet Drive options (for drives that support this feature). Enable Quick Boot, which is faster than Full Boot but does not run all of the diagnostic tests run during a Full Boot. You can set your system to: always Quick Boot (default); periodically Full Boot (from every 1 to 30 days); or always Full Boot. Enable or disable Network Server Mode, which allows the computer to boot the operating system when the power-on password is enabled, with or without a keyboard or mouse attached. When attached to the system, the keyboard and mouse remain locked until the power-on password is entered. Select Post Messages Enabled or Disabled to change the display status of Power-On Self-Test (POST) messages. Post Messages Disabled suppresses most POST messages, such as memory count, product name, and other non-error text messages. If a POST error occurs, the error is displayed regardless of the mode selected. To manually switch to Post Messages Enabled during POST, press any key (except F1 through F12). Establish an Ownership Tag, the text of which is displayed each time the system is turned on or restarted. Computer Setup Guide 1 Enter the Asset Tag or property identification number assigned by your company to this computer. Enable power-on password prompt during system restarts (warm boots) as well as during power-on. Establish a setup password that controls access to Computer Setup (F10) and the settings described in this section. To secure integrated I/O functionality, including the serial, USB, or parallel ports, audio, or embedded NIC, so that they cannot be used until they are unsecured. Enable or disable Master Boot Record (MBR) Security. This feature is not supported on theCompaq Professional Workstation AP550 or SP750. Enable or disable removable media boot ability. Enable or disable removable media write ability. Solve system configuration errors detected but not automatically fixed during the Power-On Self-Test (POST). Replicate your system setup by saving system configuration information on diskette and restoring it on one or more computers. Execute self-tests on a specified IDE hard drive. Configure various energy-saving features including energy saver mode, system and hard drive timeouts, power button mode, and power LED behavior. 2 Computer Setup Using Computer Setup Utilities To access the Computer Setup Utilities menu, complete the following steps: 1. 2. Turn on or restart the computer. If you are in Windows, click Start Shut Down Restart the Computer. When the F10=Setup message appears in the lower-right corner of the screen, press the F10 key. 3. 4. 5. If you do not press the F10 key while the message is displayed, you must restart the computer again to access the utility. Select your language from the list and press the Enter key. A choice of five headings appears in the Computer Setup Utilities menu: File, Storage, Security, Power, and Advanced. Use the Tab key to select the appropriate heading and the arrow keys to select the option you want, then press the Enter key. To return to the Computer Setup Utilities menu, press the Esc key. To apply and save changes, select File Save Changes and Exit. 6. If you selected an option that automatically restarted the computer, changes were applied at that time. If you have made changes that you do not want applied, select Ignore Changes and Exit. If you have already applied changes you now want to eliminate, select Set Defaults and Exit. This option will restore the original factory system defaults. Computer Setup Guide 3 Computer Setup Heading File Option System Information Description Lists: · · · · · · · · · Product name Processor type/speed/stepping Cache size (L1/L2) Installed memory size System ROM (includes family name and version) System board revision Chassis serial number Asset tracking number Integrated MAC for embedded, enabled NIC (if applicable) About Set Time and Date Save to Diskette Restore from Diskette Set Defaults and Exit Ignore Changes and Exit Save Changes and Exit Displays copyright notice. Allows you to set system time and date. Saves system configuration, including CMOS, to a blank, formatted 1.44-MB diskette. Restores system configuration, including CMOS, from a diskette. Restores factory default settings, which includes clearing any established passwords. Exits Computer Setup without applying or saving any changes. Saves changes to system configuration and exits Computer Setup. Continued Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware configuration. 4 Computer Setup Computer Setup Continued Heading Storage Option Device Configuration Description Lists all installed storage devices. When a device is selected, detailed information and options are displayed. The following options may be presented: Diskette Type (For legacy diskette drives only) Identifies the highest capacity media type accepted by the diskette drive. Options are 3.5" 1.44 MB, 3.5" 720 KB, 5.25" 1.2 MB, 5.25" 360 KB, and Not Installed. Drive Emulation (LS-120 and ATAPI Zip drives only) Allows you to select a drive emulation type for a storage device. (For example, a Zip drive can be made bootable by selecting disk emulation.) Drive Type IDE LS-120 ATAPI Zip drive Emulation Options None (treated as diskette drive) Disk (treated as hard drive) None (treated as Other) Diskette (treated as diskette drive) Disk (treated as hard drive) Transfer Mode (IDE devices only) Specifies the active data transfer mode. Options (subject to device capabilities) are PIO 0, Max PIO, Enhanced DMA, Ultra DMA 0, and Max UDMA. Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware configuration. Continued Computer Setup Guide 5 Computer Setup Continued Heading Storage (continued) Option Device Configuration (continued) Description Translation Mode (IDE disks only) Lets you select the translation mode to be used for the device. This enables the BIOS to access disks partitioned and formatted on other systems and may be necessary for users of older versions of UNIX (e.g., SCO UNIX version 3.2). Options are Bit-Shift, LBA Assisted, User, and None. CAUTION: Ordinarily, the translation mode selected automatically by the BIOS should not be changed. If the selected translation mode is not compatible with the translation mode that was active when the disk was partitioned and formatted, the data on the disk will be inaccessible. Translation Parameters (IDE Disks only) Allows you to specify the parameters (logical cylinders, heads, and sectors per track) used by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests (from the operating system or an application) into terms the hard drive can accept. Logical cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number of heads may not exceed 256. The number of sectors per track may not exceed 63. These fields are only visible and changeable when the drive translation mode is set to User. Multisector Transfers (IDE ATA devices only) Specifies how many sectors are transferred per multisector PIO operation. Options (subject to device capabilities) are Disabled, 8, and 16. Quiet Drive (available on select drives only) · Performance Allows the drive to operate at maximum performance. Quiet Reduces noise from the drive during operation. When set to Quiet, the drive will not operate at maximum performance. · Note: If the drive does not support Quiet mode, the Quiet Drive option will not be displayed. Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware configuration. Continued 6 Computer Setup Computer Setup Continued Heading Storage (continued) Option Options Description Removable Media Boot Enables/disables ability to boot the system from removable media. Note: After saving changes to Removable Media Boot, the computer will restart. Turn the computer off, then on, manually. Removable Media Write Enables/disables ability to write data to removable media. Note: This feature applies only to legacy diskette, IDE LS-120 Superdisk, and IDE PD-CD drives. Primary IDE Controller Allows you to enable or disable the primary IDE controller. Secondary IDE Controller Allows you to enable or disable the secondary IDE controller. Diskette MBR Validation Allows you to enable or disable strict validation of the diskette Master Boot Record (MBR). Note: If you use a bootable diskette image that you know to be valid, and it does not boot with Diskette MBR Validation enabled, you may need to disable this option in order to use the diskette. Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware configuration. Continued Computer Setup Guide 7 Computer Setup Continued Heading Storage (continued) Option IDE DPS Self-Test Description Allows you to execute self-tests on IDE hard drives capable of performing the Drive Protection System (DPS) self-tests. Note: This selection will only appear when at least one drive capable of performing the IDE DPS selftests is attached to the system. Hard Drive Order (supported on select models only) SCSI Narrow Termination (supported on select models only) Allows you to specify the order of attached hard drive controllers. The first hard drive controller in the order will have priority in the boot sequence and will be recognized as drive C (if any devices are attached). Allows you to configure SCSI termination on the external SCSI connector for narrow SCSI drives. This feature should only be enabled if you are using a narrow SCSI drive to terminate the external SCSI channel. Allows you to specify the order in which attached peripheral devices (such as diskette drive, hard drive, CD-ROM, or network interface card) are checked for a bootable operating system image. Each device on the list may be individually excluded from or included for consideration as a bootable operating system source. For systems with more than one attached diskette or disk drive, a submenu allows you to specify the order in which the devices are assigned drive letters. Note: MS-DOS drive lettering assignments may not apply after a non-MS-DOS operating system has started. To boot one time from a device other than the default device specified in Boot Order, restart the computer and press F9 when the F10=Setup message appears on the screen. When POST is completed, a list of bootable devices is displayed. Use the arrow keys to select a device and press the Enter key. Boot Order Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware configuration. Continued 8 Computer Setup Computer Setup Continued Heading Security Option Setup Password Description Allows you to set and enable setup (administrator) password. Note: If the setup password is set, it is required to change Computer Setup options, flash the ROM, and make changes to certain plug and play settings under Windows. Also, this password must be set in order to use some Compaq remote security tools. See the Troubleshooting Guide for more information. Allows you to set and enable power-on password. See the Troubleshooting Guide for more ...