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Asset Tag Number This item will show the Asset Tag number of the system.
Product Name This field will show product name.
Manufacturer Name This field will show manufacturer name.
UUID This will be visible only when there is an internal LAN device present. 
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Main
This menu provides you the information of the system.
ParameterDescription
System Time / System 
Date The hours are displayed with 24 hours format. The values set in these two fields 
take effect immediately.
System Memory This field reports the memory size of system base memory.  The size is fixed to 
640KB. 
Extended Memory This field reports the memory size of the extended memory in the system. 
Extended Memory size = Total memory size - 1 MB 
Video Memory VGA Memory size = 128MB...

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F12 Boot Menu When this is selected, users can modify device boot priority by pressing F12 key 
during POST. When this is not selected, device boot priority will not be 
adjustable during POST.
D2D Recovery Allow user to enable/disable the Disk-to-Disk recovery
Processor Power 
Management Selects the Processor Power Management desired:
Disabled= C states and GV1/GV3 are disabled
GV1/GV3 only= C states are disabled
C States Only= GV1/GV3 are disabled
Enabled= C States and GV1/GV3 are enabled...

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Advanced
The Advanced screen contains parameters involving your hardware devices. It also provides advanced
 settings of the system.
NOTE: Serial port, parallel port and FIR function...etc. have been taken off from hardware devices, therefore, 
this page does not display any information.
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility 
          Info.        Main        Advanced      Security       Boot       Exit 
 
  
Item Specific Help 
  
 
  
  
 
  
 
All items on this menu cannot
be modified in user mode....

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Security
The Security screen contains parameters that help safeguard and protect your computer from 
unauthorized use.
The table below describes the parameters in this screen. Settings in boldface are the default and 
suggested  parameter settings.
ParameterDescriptionOption
Supervisor Password Is N/A N/A
User Password Is N/A N/A
HDD Password Is N/A N/A
HDD Master ID N/A N/A
Set Supervisor Password Press Enter to set the administrator 
password. When set, this password 
protects the BIOS...

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Set Supervisor/User Password
If password on boot is required, the password must be set otherwise it cannot be enabled.
The formats of the password are as follows:
Length           No more than 8 characters
Characters 0-9,A-Z (not case sensitive)
While these fields are highlighted and press “Enter”,  a window similar to the following is shown: 
If there is an old password then setup will prompt with the following window instead and a current password 
will be required to be entered at first:...

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User can now type password in field “Enter New Password”, and re-enter password in field “Confirm New 
Password” for verification. 
If the verification is OK: 
The password setting is complete after user presses enter. 
If the current password entered does not match the actual current password: 
If the new password and confirm new password strings do not match: 
Setup Notice 
Changes have been saved. 
[ continue] 
Setup Warning 
Invalid password 
Re-enter Password 
[ continue] 
Setup Warning...

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Boot
This menu allows the user to decide the order of boot devices to load the operating system. Bootable 
devices includes the distette drive in module bay, the onboard hard disk drive and the CD-ROM 
in module bay and onboard LAN device.
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ParameterDescription
+Hard Drive + and - indicate device categories. Use  to expand/
collapse.
Boot order is top-down using only the top device in each 
category.
Use  and  to move highlighted item up and down. Floppy Devices
CD-ROM/DVD Drive
Netword...

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Exit
The Exit screen contains parameters that help safeguard and protect your computer from unauthorized use.
The table below describes the parameters in this screen.
ParameterDescription
Exit Saving Changes Exit System Setup and save your changes to CMOS
Exit Discarding 
ChangesExit utility without saving Setup data to CMOS
Load Setup Default Load default values for all SETUP items
Discard Changes Load previous values from CMOS for all SETUP items
Save Changes  Save Setup Data to CMOS...

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