1. you can press f1 to display help information for a selected menu item.
2. the choices on some menus might differ slightly, depending on the bios version in your computer.
the following choices are available from the main menu:
1 system summary
this choice contains general information about your computer, such as a summary of components and computer configuration. you can view information about the type and speed of the microprocessor and the amount of memory that is installed. system summary information appears on both the full and limited configuration/setup utility menus.
changes that you make to configuration settings appear on this summary screen.
you cannot edit the fields of the configuration and system information.
2 system information
select this choice to display information about your computer. changes that you make on other menus might appear on this summary screen. you cannot edit any fields. the system information choice appears only on the full configuration/setup utility main menu.
– product data
select this choice to view system information, such as the machine type and model, the computer serial number, and the revision level or issue date of the bios and diagnostics code stored in the electrically erasable programmable rom (eeprom).
– system card data
select this choice to view information about the system board.
3 devices and i/o ports
select this choice to view or change the assignments for devices and input/output (i/o) ports. this choice appears only on the full configuration/setup utility main menu.
you can use this choice also to enable or disable the integrated scsi controller with raid capabilities and ethernet (lan) controllers, and standard ports (serial, parallel, and so on).
– the default setting is enabled for all the controllers you can control from this menu. if you select disabled, the system will not configure the disabled device and the operating system will not detect the device. (this is equivalent to unplugging the device.)
– if the integrated scsi controller with raid capabilities is disabled and no
scsi adapter is installed, the computer will have no scsi capability.
– if the on-board ethernet controller is disabled and no ethernet adapter is installed, the computer will have no ethernet capability.
4 date and time
use this menu choice to set the system date and time. the system time is in a
24-hour format: hour:minute:second.
5 system security
select this choice to set a power-on or an administrator password. see “using passwords” on page 24 for more information. you also can enable the
chassis-intrusion detector to alert you each time the computer cover is removed.
6 start options
select this choice to view or change the start options. start options take effect when you start your computer. you can designate keyboard operating characteristics, such as the keyboard speed, or specify whether the computer starts with the keyboard number lock on or off.
the computer uses a startup sequence to determine the device from which the operating system starts. for example, you can define a startup sequence that checks for a startable diskette in the diskette drive; then, checks the hard disk drive, and then checks a network adapter. you can enable a virus-warning test that checks for changes in the master boot record at startup. you also can choose to run post in the quick mode, or read the microprocessor serial number.
advanced setup
select this choice to change values for advanced hardware features, such as
cache control and pci configuration.
a message displays above the choices on this menu to alert you that the system might malfunction if these options are configured incorrectly. follow the instructions on the screen carefully.
– power management setup
select this choice to enable or disable system power settings. this includes automatic power-on settings such as wake on lan.
– chipset feature
select this choice to modify settings that control features of the core chip set on the system board.
do not make changes to the chipset feature unless directed to do so by an ibm authorized service representative.
– processor control
select this choice to enable or disable the microprocessor cache and hyper-threading.
do not make changes to the processor control unless directed to do so by an ibm authorized service representative.
7 pc health status
select this choice to display the computer temperature and voltage status, and fan speeds.
8 error logs
select post error log to view the three most recent error codes and messages that the system generated during post.
select clear event/error logs from the post error log menu to clear the post error log.
9 save settings
select this choice to save your customized settings.
10 restore settings
select this choice to delete your changes.
11 load default settings
select this choice to cancel your changes.
12 exit setup
if you have made any changes and not saved them, the program will prompt you to save the changes or exit without saving the changes.