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1. 0271 Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 0280 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the wait state configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted 0281 Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS 02B0 Diskette drive A error 02Bl Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly 02B2 Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup 02B3 Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup 02D0 System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably 02F0 CPU
2. PCI Interrupt INTA PCI Interrupt INTB PCI Interrupt INTCH PCI Interrupt INTD Auto Auto Select Auto Select Auto Select Auto Select PCI devices can use hardware interrupts called IRQfis A PCI device cannot use IRQfis already in use by ISA devices F1 Help TI Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit _ Select Menu Enter Select gt Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Page 23 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Use the chart on the following page in configuring the PCI devices Shared PCI IRQs Share One IRQ Share n IRQ s Share Two IRQs Forces PCI devices to use at most n IRQs Share One Share Three IRQs oc means that all PCI Auto devices in system are shared to one IRQ line This frees up remaining IRQ lines for non PnP ISA devices Auto Minimizes PCI IRQ Sharing PCI Interrupt INTA Disabled Disabled PCI Interrupt INTB Auto Select Do not use IRQ with PCI PCI Interrupt INTC IRQ3 interrupt PCI Interrupt INTD IRQ 4 IRQ5 Auto Select IRQ assigment is selected by IRQ7 Plug amp Play with priority IRQ 9 IRQ 10 IRQ n Selection IRQ 11 Forces PCI device to use IRQ 12 selected IRQ This selection IRQ 14 is used for drivers which rely IRQ 15 on a specific IRQ Be careful to choose an IRQ which is NOT used by any ISA device Page 24 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide VO Device Configuration Menu Most devices on the
3. controlled by 05 System Monitoring 290h Fi Help TL ESC Exit 3 Select Item AF Select Menu Change Values Enter Select Sub Menu F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Use the legend keys to make your selections and exit to the Main Menu Use the following charts to configure the Input Output settings Page 26 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide Serial Ports Feature Options Description Serial Port A Disabled Disabled turns off the port Serial Port B Enabled Enabled requires you to enter Serial Port C Auto the base Input Output address Serial Port D OS and the Interrupt number on the Controlled next line Auto makes the BIOS configure the port automatically during POST OS Controlled lets the PnP Operating System such as Windows 98 configure the port after POST Base I O Address Port A Port B 3F8 If you select Enabled choose 2F8 one of these combinations SES 2E8 Base I O Address Port C Port D 3F8 If you select Enabled choose 2F8 one of these combinations 3E8 2E8 Interrupt Port A Port B IRQ A If you select Enabled choose IRQ 3 one of these combinations Interrupt Port C Port D IRQ 3 If you select Enabled choose IRQ 4 one of these combinations IRQ9 IRQ 11 Mode Port B only Normal If the port is not disabled IrDA choose the operating mode Page 27 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Para
4. 39 Hardware Monitoring 40 WHE BOOT MENU esse ent age are rare cantare ENTE 42 THE EXIT MENU tege ebe e Ee ee AE e sedis gehen deed A4 SAVING Melle ege EE Eeer 44 Exit Discarding Changes s aaa0000enneneeeeeneannnneeeenennnnnneeerennnnneeeeenennnneeee 45 Page iii Contents PhoenixBlOS 4 0 User s Manual LOad Setup Detauts ssevivisedutestectcinnesetecestetiedesegetadiabechianteael ee 45 Discard Changes ine lan 45 Save CHANGES EE 45 PHOENIXBIOS MESSAGES AAA 46 CHAPTER 2 BOOT UTILITIES 4444404440000R0R nn nn nn nn nenn nen nn nenn nennen nennen 51 PHOENIX QUIET BOOT area ee 51 e 52 EE 52 POST EMP ieh 52 Keyboard Input Request Ae 52 PHOENIX Mutfort 53 The Setup Boot Menu Beach 53 The Boot First Mensder EE 54 Boot with Blanked Video 55 CHAPTER 3 PHOENIX PHLASH use nn nennen nennen nennen nenne nennen 57 INSTALLATION ss anerkennen 57 CREATE THE CRISIS RECOVERY Dk 58 UPDATING THE CRISIS RECOVERY Disk 58 EXECUTING PHOENIX Du asp 58 CRISIS RECOVERY Mon 60 INDEX E E ET EEA ETET AE T EETA 61 Page iv AA This Manual This manual is divided into the following chapters Chapter 1 The Setup Guide This chapter describes a typical menu driven Phoenix Setup program which allows you to specify changes in the computer hardware e g add a new diskette drive and optimize system performance Setup maximizes your control over your system s features and performance This Setup Guide is only
5. Advanced Security Power Boot Exit Item Specific Help CPU Type Pentium h ITI lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt or CPU Speed 600 MHz lt Enter gt selects field System Memory 640 kB Extended Memory 130048 kB System Time WJ 19 20 System Date 05 04 2000 1 44MB 34 Disabled 3T34321A PM 1 None None None Fil Help TL ESC Exit Select Item gt Select Menu Sep Change Values Enter Select Sub Menu F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit See p 7 for a description of the fields on this menu Page 3 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Menu Bar The Menu Bar at the top of the window lists these selections Use this menu for basic system configuration Advanced Use this menu to set the Advanced Features available on your system s chipset Security Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords and the Backup and Virus Check reminders Use this menu to configure Power Management features Use this menu to configure Boot options Exit Exits the current menu Use the left and right gt arrow keys to make a selection See the section below Exiting Setup for a description on exiting the Main Menu The Legend Bar Use the keys listed in the legend bar on the bottom to make your selections or exit the current menu The chart on the following page describes the legend keys and their alternates General Help window See below Select the Previ
6. Enab ledh Sets the state of the memory cache Cache System BIOS area Enabled Cache Video BIDS area Enabled Cache CCOO CFFF Disabled Cache DOOO D3FF Disabled Cache D400 D FF Disabled Cache D800 DBFF Disabled Cache DCOO DFFF Disabled FI Help TI Select Item TAF Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Use the legend keys listed on the bottom to make your selections and exit to the Main Menu Use the chart on the following page to configure the memory cache Page 17 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Feature J Options Description Memory Cache Enabled Generally enables or disables all Disabled memory caching default enabled Cache System BIOS uncached Caches the system BIOS and area Write Protect improves performance default enabled Cache Video BIOS area uncached Caches the video BIOS and Write Protect improves performance default enabled Cache segments Disabled Controls caching of individual e g D000 D3FF Write Through segments of memory usually Write Protect reserved for shadowing system or Write Back option ROMs default disabled WARNING Incorrect settings can cause your system to malfunction NOTE The contents of this menu depend on the chipset installed on your motherboard and chipsets vary widely Consult your dealer or the computer manual before changing the items on this menu Incorrect
7. Phoenix Phlash for the following tasks e Update the current BIOS with a new version e Restore a BIOS when it has become corrupted Installation Phoenix Phlash is shipped on a floppy disk with your computer as a compressed file called CRISDISK ZIP that contains the following files CRISDISK BAT Executable file for creating the Crisis Recovery Diskette PHLASH EXE Programs the flash ROM PLATFORM BIN Performs platform dependent functions BIOS ROM Actual BIOS image to be programmed into flash ROM MINIDOS SYS Allows the system to boot in Crisis Recovery Mode MAKEBOOT EXE Creates the custom boot sector on the Crisis Recovery Diskette To install Phoenix Phlash on your hard disk follow this simple procedure 1 Insert the distribution diskette into drive A 2 Unzip the contents of CRISDISK ZIP into a local directory presumably C PHLASH 3 Store the distribution diskette in a safe place Page 57 Phoenix Phlash PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Create the Crisis Recovery Diskette If the OEM or dealer from whom you purchased your system has not provided you with one then you should create a Crisis Recovery Diskette before you use the Phlash utility If you are unable to boot your system and successfully load the Operating System the BIOS may have been corrupted in which case you will have to use the Crisis Recovery Diskette to reboot your system There are several methods that you can use to create the Crisis Rec
8. an example The Setup menus on your computer may be quite different Consult the Setup manual supplied with your computer Chapter 2 PhoenixBIOS Utilities This chapter describes two new features that give you more control over the boot process e Phoenix QuietBoot e Phoenix MultiBoot Chapter 3 Phoenix Phlash This chapter describes how to use the Phoenix Phlash utility for upgrading your BIOS without having to replace the BIOS ROM chip Page 1 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual T The Setup Guide With the PhoenixBIOS Setup program you can modify BIOS settings and control the special features of your computer The Setup program uses a number of menus for making changes and turning the special features on or off Note The menus shown here are from a typical system The actual menus displayed on your screen may be quite different and depend on the hardware and features installed in your computer Page 2 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Main Menu To start the PhoenixBIOS Setup utility The Setup Guide 1 Turn on or reboot your system PhoenixBIOS displays this message Press lt F2 gt to enter SI ETUP 2 Pressing lt F2 gt displays the Main Menu which looks like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Diskette Drive A Diskette Drive B gt Primary IDE Master gt Primary IDE Slave gt Secondary IDE Master gt Secondary IDE Slave gt Keyboard Features gt POST Options Te
9. lt Fi gt 49 lt Fi gt 52 lt F2 gt 49 52 lt F3 gt 49 32 Bit O 9 Autotype 6 BIOS ROM 57 Boot First Menu 52 54 cache 17 18 Cache 48 CMOS 44 error 46 47 48 save Setup values 44 COM port 27 CRISDISK 58 CRISDISK BAT 57 58 CRISDISK ZIP 57 Crisis disk 58 Crisis Recovery disk 60 Crisis Recovery Diskette 58 cursor 5 date 6 device configuration 25 Direct Memory Access 47 diskette 6 controller 28 29 30 DMA 47 error address conflict 47 exit menu 44 Index extended memory 6 Fast PIO 9 Flash ROM 57 floppy drive see diskette floppy seek 12 Full On 37 help window 5 VO device error 48 UO chip 25 IDE disk adapters 6 Large Disk Mode 16 20 legend bar 4 LPT port 28 MAKEBOOT EXE 57 memory 6 menu bar 4 MINIDOS SYS 57 58 MultiBoot 51 52 multi Sector Transfers 9 NMI 47 Non Maskable Interrupt 47 NVRAM error 48 OEM screen 51 option ROM QuietBoot 52 Option ROM 49 Parity Check 48 password 34 PCI 19 Peripheral Component Interconnect 19 Page 61 Index Phlash 57 PHLASH EXE 58 PHLASH EXE 57 PLATFORM BIN 57 POST lt ESC gt 52 lt F2 gt 52 option ROM 52 Power Management 37 PS 2 Mouse 48 QuietBoot 51 QuietBoot 51 RAM extended 48 ROM default values 44 security 34 Setup 49 get CMOS values 45 get ROM defaults 45 help window 5 MultiBoot 52 QuietBoot 52 save values to CMOS 44 start 2 Setup Boot Menu 53 shadow 49 Shadow 48 Standby 37 sub menu 5 summary screen 12 system resources 25 tim
10. many cases BIOS sign on is displayed on monitor Enter Setup and select correct flat panel type Save amp Exit to restart the system e f BIOS sign on is not displayed although a CRT monitor is attached do the following Turn off the system Turn on again and immediately press lt F2 gt key on your keyboard to enter Setup note that lt F2 gt key is detected after BIOS keyboard detection has passed after some seconds this is indicated by flashing keyboard LEDs Although the screen is dark Setup is executed Press lt F9 gt and then lt Enter gt to force BIOS default settings Boot display is set to CRT Flat panel simultaneous mode Display type is set to 640x480 TFT 18 bit Press lt F10 gt and lt Enter gt to save Setup configuration and restart the system BIOS sign on should be displayed on monitor Enter Setup again and select correct flat panel type of your system e If no CRT monitor can be attached try the following Turn off the system Turn on again and immediately press lt F2 gt key on your Page 13 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual keyboard to enter Setup note that lt F2 gt key is detected after BIOS keyboard detection has passed after some seconds this is indicated by flashing keyboard LEDs Although the screen is dark Setup is executed Press lt F9 gt and then lt Enter gt to force BIOS default settings Press lt End gt key and then lt Enter gt Now you are in the submenu Display Type
11. settings can cause your system to malfunction Page 18 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide PCI PnP Configuration Selecting PCI PnP Configuration from menu bar on the Advanced menu displays a menu like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility PCI Configuration Item Specific Help Installed 048 Other select the operating ISA graphics device installed No system installed Default Primary Video Adapter AGP on your system which you will use most gt PCI PNP ISA UMB Region Exclusion commonly gt PCI PNP ISA IRQ Resource Exclusion gt PCI IRQ Routing Note An incorrect PCI Slot 1 Master Disabled setting can cause PCI Slot 2 Master Disabled some operating PCI Slot 3 Master Disabled system to display PCI Slot 4 Master Disabled unexpected behaviour Reset Configuration Data No Secured Setup Conf igurations No FI Help TI Select Item TAF Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit _ Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit PCI Devices are devices equipped for operation with a PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect bus a standardized hardware system that connects the CPU with other devices Use this menu to configure the PCI devices installed on your system and to reserve system resources for non PnP ISA devices Use the legend keys to make your selections and exit to the Advanced menu Page 19 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The following table illust
12. with Enabled Allow system bootup without an keyboard Disabled attached keyboard POST will not report keyboard errors if this option is set to Enabled Setup Prompt Enabled Display during POST an Disabled information text how to enter Setup Disabled doesn t display this info POST Enabled Ilf Enabled POST performs a Hard Warmstart Disabled Reset on ISA and PCI bus after a Reset warmstart This feature is recommended if any PCI busmaster is enabled by Setup Submenu Advanced PCI configuration Disabled is the default setting which should normally be used Boot Display CRT Select which display should be Flatpanel active during POST CRT and Flatpanel Page 12 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide Display Type 1024x768 DSTN Select from this list the flat panel 1280x1024 TFT display which is actually mounted 640x480 DSTN to your system 800x600 DSTN g 640x480 TFT 16bit 640x480 TFT 18bit 1024x768 TFT 2ppc 800x600 TFT res 800x600 TFT 18bit 800x600 TFT res 800x600 DSTN res 800x600 DSTN res 1024x768 TFT 1ppc 1280x1024 DSTN 1024x600 DSTN 1024x600 TFT Note Default BIOS settings are highlighted Help for invalid Display Type selection If an invalid display type has been selected flat panel display becomes dark or unreadable In this case the following recommendations help to get a valid system configuration e f possible attach a CRT monitor to VGA connector and reboot the system with a system reset In
13. 12 Minutes 16 Minutes Hard Disk Timeout Disabled Inactivity period of 10 Seconds hard disk required 15 Seconds before standby 30 Seconds motor off 45 Seconds 1 Minute 2 Minutes 4 Minutes 6 Minutes 8 Minutes 10 Minutes 15 Minutes Page 38 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Advanced Options The Setup Guide Selecting Advanced Options from menu bar on the Power menu displays a menu like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Advanced Options Item Specific Help PCI Bus Monitoring Enabled Enable activity on the Bus Utilization Threshold 20 PCI bus to keep the Bus Percentage Threshold 501 system awake FI Help TI Select Item TAF Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit _ Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Feature Options Description PCI Bus Monitoring Disabled When Enabled PCI Bus Enabled activity keeps the system awake Bus Utilization Threshold 0 255 Number of data phases detected in a 256 clock cycle period Bus Percentage Threshold 0 127 The percentage of time the bus utilization threshold must be exceeded in order to reload the standby timer Page 39 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Hardware Monitoring Selecting Hardware Monituring from menu bar on the Power menu displays a menu like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Hardware Monitor ing Item Specific Help CPU Temperatu
14. A Mode Mode 2 SMART Monitoring Enabled Auto detect drive parameters automatically FI Help TI Select Item Change Values F9 setup Defaults ESC Exit _ Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Use the chart on the following page to configure the hard disk drive with Advanced Hard Disk Features Page 8 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide Feature Options Description None None Autotyping is not able to User supply the drive type or end user Auto has selected None disabling any CD ROM drive that may be installed ATAPI Removable User You supply the hard disk drive information in the following fields Auto Autotyping the drive itself supplies the information CD ROM CD ROM drive ATAPI Removable Removable disk drive Cylinders 1 to 65 536 Number of cylinders 1 to 16 Number of read write heads Sectors Track Number of sectors per track Multi Sector Disabled Transfers Standard 2 sectors 4 sectors 8 sectors 16 sectors LBA Mode Control Enabled Disabled 32 Bit I O Enabled Disabled Transfer Mode Standard Fast PIO 1 Any selection except Disabled determines the number of sectors transferred per block Standard is 1 sector per block Enabling LBA causes Logical Block Addressing to be used in place of Cylinders Heads amp Sectors Enables 32 bit communication between CPU and IDE card Requires PCI or local bus Selects the method for transferring the d
15. BFF Disabled DCOO DFFF Disabled Fi Help TI Select Item TAT Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit _ Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Page 31 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Use the following chart in shadowing ISA Legacy ROMs Options Deseniplion Upper Memory Block Disabled If set to Disabled ISA e g D400 D7FF Enabled Legacy ROM extension are accessed on ISA Bus If set to Enabled the ISA ROM extension is copied into Shadow RAM Read Only Page 32 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide Advanced Chipset Control Selecting Advanced Chipset Control from menu bar on the PCI PnP Configuration menu displays a menu like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Advanced Chipset Control Item Specific Help 8 bit Lef Recovery d EN ISA clock cycles 16 bit I O Recovery 4 5 inserted between Graphics Aperture 64MBI back to back Lett F1 Help TL Select Item TA Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Use the following chart in configuring the Advanced Chipset Control Feature Options Description 8 bit UO Recovery 3 5 11 5 Number of ISA clocks recovery time inserted for 8 bit I O 16 bit UO Recovery 3 5 6 5 Number of ISA clocks recovery time inserted for 16 bit I O Graphics Aperture Select the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic data NOTE The conten
16. ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error 02F4 EISA CMOS not writeable ServerBlOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS 02F5 DMA Test Failed ServerBlOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers 02F6 Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt 02F7 Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBlOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Page 47 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data I O device IRQ conflict I O device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed BR Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfu
17. Manual Keyboard auto repeat rate Keyboard auto repeat delay POST Options The Setup Guide Sets the number of times a second to repeat a keystroke when you hold the key down Sets the delay time after the key is held down before it begins to repeat the keystroke Selecting POST Options on the Main Menu displays the POST Options menu PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Pain POST Options Item Specific Help QuietBoot Mode QuickBoot Mode Summary screen Boot with keyboard SETUP prompt POST Warmstart Reset Boot Display Display Type D isab real Enabled Disabled Enabled Enabled Disabled CRT and Flatpanell 640x480 TFT 18bit Display the diagnostic Screen during boot Fi Help N Select Item ESC Exit _ Select Menu Change Values F9 Enter Select Sub Menu Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Use the legend keys to make your selections and exit to the Main Menu Use the following chart to select your boot options Page 11 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual QuietBoot Mode Enabled Suppress the diagnostic screen Disabled during boot Optionally a customer specific graphic illustration can be displayed QuickBoot Mode Enabled Allows the system to skip certain Disabled tests while booting This will decrease the time needed to boot the system Summary Enabled Displays system summary screen screen Disabled during bootup Boot
18. PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual for PISA Pentium Ill Version V1 0 Copying of this document and giving it to others and the use or communication of the contents therof are forbidden without express authority Offenders are liable to the payment of damages All rights are reserved in the event of the grant of a patent or the registration of a utility model or design Weitergabe sowie Vervielfaltigung dieser Unterlage Verwertung und Mitteilung ihres Inhalts nicht gestattet soweit nicht ausdr cklich zugestanden Zuwiderhandlungen verpflichten zu Schadenersatz Alle Rechte f r den Fall einer Patenterteilung oder Gebrauchsmuster Eintragung vorbehalten Contents PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The information contained in this users manual is subject to change without previous notice The programs are provided as is without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose This publication could contain technical inaccuracies or typographical errors Furthermore MSC and Phoenix Technologies will not be held liable for errors in this users manual as well as coincidental or sequential damages in connection with the delivery performance and use of this material MS DOS Windows and Microsoft are registered trademarks of the Microsoft Corporation PS 2 and IBM are trademarks of the International Business Machines Corpor
19. YS and AUTOEXEC BAT files and therefore does not load any memory managers You can now execute Phlash Create a Boot Diskette To bypass memory managers in DOS versions previous to 5 0 follow this recommended procedure 1 Insert a diskette into your A drive Page 59 Phoenix Phlash PhoenixBlOS 4 0 User s Manual 2 Enter the following from the command line Format A S 3 Reboot your system from the A drive Your system will now boot without loading the memory managers and you can then execute Phlash NOTE The boot diskette you create here is distinct from a Crisis Recovery Diskette See previous pages for details about creating the Crisis Recovery Diskette Crisis Recovery Mode You should only have to operate Phoenix Phlash in this mode only if your system does not boot the operating system when you turn on or reset your computer In these cases the BIOS on the Flash ROM has probably been corrupted Boot your system with the Crisis Recovery Diskette taking these steps 1 Insert the Crisis Recovery diskette which your dealer supplied or one that you should have created from the instructions above into drive A 2 Reset your computer power on off or press lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Del gt to reboot the system 3 When your system reboots Phoenix Phlash will restore the BIOS from the diskette and successfully boot the operating system Page 60 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Index lt Esc gt 52
20. a device first select it with the up or down arrows and move it up or down using the lt gt and lt gt keys Pressing lt n gt moves a device between the Removable Devices and Hard Drive Pressing lt Shift 1 gt enables or disables a device Page 43 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Exit Menu Selecting Exit from the menu bar displays this menu PhoenixBIl0S Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power Boot Item Specific Help Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults save your changes to Discard Changes cmos Exit System Setup and Save Changes FI Help 7 Select Item St Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit _ Select Menu Enter Execute Command F10 Save and Exit The following sections describe each of the options on this menu Note that lt Esc gt does not exit this menu You must select one of the items from the menu or menu bar to exit Saving Values After making your selections on the Setup menus always select either Saving Values or Save Changes Both procedures store the selections displayed in the menus in CMOS short for battery backed CMOS RAM a special section of memory that stays on after you turn your system off The next time you boot your computer the BIOS configures your system according to the Setup selections stored in CMOS After you save your selections the program displays this message Values have been sav
21. at position of the highlighted default type 640x480 TFT 18bit Use lt Up gt and lt Down gt cursor keys to select the display type of your system Note that the menu wraps if cursor reaches the top or bottom menu item Display type is selected with lt Enter gt key Press lt F10 gt and lt Enter gt to save Setup configuration and restart the system BIOS sign on should be displayed on flat panel display Page 14 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide The Advanced Menu Selecting Advanced from menu bar on the Main Menu displays a menu like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Power Boot Exit Security Item Specific Help Setup Warning Setting items on this menu to incorrect values may cause your system to malfunction UNIX Novell NetWare or other operating Large Disk Access Mode OSH Enabled ystems select Processor Serial Number Other If you are installing new gt Memory Cache software and the drive gt PCI Configuration fails Let Device Configuration gt Memory Shadow gt Advanced Chipset Control change this selection and try again Different operating systems require different representations of drive geometries Select Item Select Menu Fi Help TL ESC Exit gt TAr Change Values Enter Select Sub Menu F9 Setup Defaults F10 Save and Exit Use the legend keys to make your selections and exit to the Main Menu Use t
22. ata between the Fast PIO 2 hard disk and system memory Fast PIO 3 The Setup menu only lists those Fast PIO 4 options supported by the drive FPIO 3 DMA 1 and platform FPIO 4 DMA 2 Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 SMART Monitoring Enabled Disabled Ultra DMA Mode supports 33 MB sec transfer rate for fixed disk drives Enabled installs Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology which issues a warning if an IDE failure is imminent WARNING Incorrect settings can cause your system to malfunction Page 9 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Keyboard Features Selecting Numlock on the Main Menu displays the Keyboard Features menu PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Keyboard Features Item Specific Help Num lock futok Selects Power on state Key Click Disabled for Numlock Keyboard auto repeat rate 30 sec keyboard auto repeat delay 1 2 sec FI Help TI Select Item AE Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Use the legend keys to make your selections and exit to the Main Menu Use the following chart to configure the keyboard features Feature Options Description Numlock On or Off turns NumLock on or off at bootup Auto turns NumLock on if it finds a numeric key pad Key Click Enabled Turns audible key click on Disabled Page 10 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s
23. ation Copyright 2002 Phoenix Technologies Ltd Copyright 2002 MSC Vertriebs GmbH Zeppelinstra e 1a 85375 Neufahrn Germany Purpose of Document This guide explains how to configure your PC and optimize its performance using the Setup program It also explains how to use the BIOS function calls in writing computer programs Page ii PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Contents Contents INTRO ABOUT THIS MANUAL uunsessnuunnnnannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnen 1 CHAPTER 1 THE SETUP GUIDE 2 2 422 4224442200 20220200 2 THE MAIN MENU ENEE 3 The Menu Bar au ee ee cee tet eee ete eh ee el 4 The Eegend NEE 4 The Field Help Window u 2222220000nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 5 The General Help Windom 5 Main Menu Selection 6 Masters E 6 Keyboard Features nenniaahnieein nalen elle 10 POST Options anne ei 11 THE ADVANCED MENU susanne aka 15 Memory Cache an 17 PEI PnP Configuration 19 PCI PnP ISA UMB Region Exclusion ccccccceeentneeeeeeeesennteeeeeeeeesennes 21 PCI PnP ISA IRQ Resource Evchson 22 PCIIRO ROUTING E 23 VO Device Configuration Mem 25 Memory ShadoW seeeeneeeeeeieeeeneeenennnnneeereennnnnneeernnnnnneeeennnnnnnneeeenennnnene 31 Advanced Chipset Control 33 The Security Men 34 THE POWER MENU lege 37 Advanced ODTIONS 0 2 cee eeeentneeeeeeeeecnnneeeeeeeeeeeeaaeeeeeeeeeseeanaaaeeseeessennaaaaeees
24. ces DCOO DFFF Available FI Help TI Select Item TAF Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit _ Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Use the following chart in reserving upper memory Options Description Upper Memory Block 0 Available Reserves the specified block D400 D7FF Reserved of upper memory for use by legacy ISA devices Page 21 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual PCI PnP ISA IRQ Resource Exclusion Selecting PCI PNP ISA IRQ Resource Exclusion from menu bar on the PCI Configuration menu displays a menu like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility PCI PNP ISA IRQ Resource Exclusion Item Specific Help IRQ 3 fava i lab lew Reserves the specified IRQ 4 Available IRQ for use by legacy IRQ 5 Available IRQ 7 Available IRQ 9 Available IRQ 10 Available IRQ 11 Available ISA devices F1 Help 7 Select Item At Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Use the following chart in reserving IRQs PE Available Reserves the specified IRQ Reserved for use by legacy ISA devices Page 22 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide PCI IRQ Routing Selecting PCI IRQ Routing from menu bar on the PCI PnP Configuration menu displays a menu like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Advanced PCI IRQ Routing Item Specific Help Shared PCI IRQs
25. computer require the exclusive use of system resources for operation These system resources can include Input and Output I O port addresses and Interrupt lines for getting the attention of the CPU Allocating these resources to various devices is called device configuration e Manually by you e Automatically by the BIOS during POST See ROM BIOS Functions in the PhoenixBIOS Programmer s Guide e Automatically by a PnP Operating System such as Windows 9x after the Operating System boots To configure the serial and parallel ports the diskette controller the USB Controller and the IDE Controller select I O Device Configuration on the Advanced Menu to display this menu and specify how you want to configure these I O Devices Page 25 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Lett Device Configuration Item Specific Help Serial Port A Auto Configure serial port A Serial Port B Auto using options Mode Normal Interface RS2321 Disabled Serial Port C Disabled No configuration serial Port D Disabled Parallel Port Auto Enabled Mode Bi directionall User configuration Floppy Disk Controller Enabled Base I O address Primary Auto Local IDE Controller Both BIOS or 05 chooses Local LAN Controller Enabled conf iguration USB Legacy Support Enabled PS Z Mouse Auto Detect 05 Controlled ROM Socket Disabled Displayed when Watchdog Disabled
26. cribed below The QuietBoot Screen stays up until just before the operating system loads unless e You press lt Esc gt to display the POST screen e You press lt F2 gt to enter Setup e POST issues an error message e The BIOS or an option ROM requests keyboard input The following explains each of these situations Page 51 Boot Utilities PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Press lt ESC gt Pressing lt Esc gt switches to the POST screen and takes one of two actions 1 If MultiBoot is installed the boot process continues with the text based POST screen until the end of POST and then displays the Boot First Menu with these options e Load the operating system from a boot device of your choice e Enter Setup e Exit the Boot First Menu with lt Esc gt and load the operating system from the boot devices in the order specified in Setup 2 If MultiBoot is not installed the boot process continues as usual Press lt F2 gt Pressing lt F2 gt at any time during POST switches to the POST screen if not already displayed and enters Setup POST Error Whenever POST detects a non fatal error QuietBoot switches to the POST screen and displays the errors It then displays this message Press lt F1l gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup Press lt F1 gt to continue with the boot Press lt F2 gt if you want to correct the error in Setup Keyboard Input Request If the BIOS or an Option ROM add on card requests
27. de PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Password on boot Enabled Enabled requires a password Disabled on boot Requires prior setting of the Supervisor password If supervisor password is set and this option disabled BIOS assumes user is booting Fixed disk boot sector Normal Write protects the boot Write Protect sector on the hard disk for virus protection Requires a password to format or Fdisk the hard disk Diskette access User Supervisor requires to enter Supervisor the supervisor password to boot from or access the floppy disk Virus check reminder Disabled Displays a message during Daily bootup asking Y N if you Weekly have backed up the system System backup reminder Monthly or scanned it for viruses Message returns on each boot until you respond with myn Daily displays the message on the first boot of the day Weekly on the first boot after Sunday and Monthly on the first boot of the month Page 36 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide The Power Menu Selecting Power from the menu bar displays a menu like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Boot Exit Item Specific Help Power Savings Customized Maximum Power Savings Standby Timeout 8 Minutes conserves the greatest Hard Disk Timeout 2 Minutes amount of system power gt Advanced Options Maximum performance gt Hardware Monitoring TM conserves power bu allows grea
28. e If the specified device does not load the operating system the BIOS reverts to the previous boot sequence Enter Setup Press lt Esc gt to continue with the existing boot sequence Boot Menu Diskette Drive If there is more than one bootable hard drive the first one in the Boot Connection Device Menu is the one represented here Page 54 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Boot Utilities Boot with Blanked Video For OEM purpose the BIOS allows booting with blanked Video This feature is enabled by VGA utility VGACONF EXE Video can be enabled only by software executing extended VGA BIOS Function AX 5F54h Set Panel ON OFF However the video is enabled by System BIOS in case of POST errors are encountered or if Setup is requested by user F2 key In addition video is enabled by system BIOS for one of the following situations e Hot Key request for Multiboot Menu ESC Hotkey e Summary Screen option is enabled Note that the blanked video option should be enabled for OEMs only and should not be confused with Quiet Boot option supported by BIOS Page 55 F Phoenix Phlash Phoenix Phlash gives you the ability to update your BIOS from a floppy disk without having to install a new ROM BIOS chip Phoenix Phlash is a utility for flashing copying a BIOS to the Flash ROM installed on your computer from a floppy disk A Flash ROM is a Read Only Memory chip that you can write to using a special method called flashing Use
29. e of day 6 Page 62 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual UMB 49 UMB recovery 49 Upper Memory Blocks 49 VGABIOS EXE 58 wait states 47
30. eature Options Description Local IDE Controller Disabled Enables the on board IDE Primary controller Primary IDE channel is Secondary at i o address 1FOh and IRQ 14 Both Secondary IDE channel is at i o address 170h and IRQ 15 Other Devices Feature Options Description Local LAN Controller Disabled Enables the on board LAN Enabled controller If Disabled the LAN controller is not present on the PCI bus Legacy USB Support Disabled Allow Legacy Keyboard operation Enabled with USB Keyboard if enabled This typically used for MS DOS USB Legacy support is not recommended for Windows NT4 0 Note that keyboard legacy support is always maintained for Setup even if this feature is set to disabled PS 2 Mouse Disabled Disabled disables any installed Enabled PS 2 mouse and frees up IRQ 12 Auto Detect Enabled forces the PS 2 mouse port to be enabled regardless if a mouse is present Auto Detect lets the BIOS control the mouse ROM Socket Disabled Select he memory address within CC00 CFFF UMB area which is decoded for D000 D3FF the ROM socket D400 D7FF D800 DBFF DC00 DFFF Watchdog Disabled Enables the on board Watchdog 250h controller at the selected Base I O 270h address The Watchdog device is started and retriggered by i o access to this address For more information on this device please refer to the hardware user manual Page 29 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Man
31. ed to CMOS Press lt space gt to continue If you attempt to exit without saving the program asks if you want to save before exiting Page 44 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide During bootup PhoenixBIOS attempts to load the values saved in CMOS If those values cause the system boot to fail reboot and press lt F2 gt to enter Setup In Setup you can get the Default Values as described below or try to change the selections that caused the boot to fail Exit Discarding Changes Use this option to exit Setup without storing in CMOS any new selections you may have made The selections previously in effect remain in effect Load Setup Defaults To display the default values for all the Setup menus select Load Setup Defaults from the Main Menu The program displays this message ROM Default values have been loaded Press lt space gt to continue If during bootup the BIOS program detects a problem in the integrity of values stored in CMOS it displays these messages System CMOS checksum bad run SETUP Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup The CMOS values have been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS Press lt F1 gt to resume the boot or lt F2 gt to run Setup with the ROM default values already loaded into the menus You can make other changes before saving the values to CMOS Discard Changes If during a Setup Sessio
32. een Press lt F2 gt to enter Setup a message displayed during POST Can be turned off in etup PS 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the I20 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices has the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an DO Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory manager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM Page 49 Utilities Phoenix Boot Utilities are e Phoenix QuietBoot e Phoenix MultiBoot Phoenix QuietBoot displays a graphic illustration rather than the traditional POST messages while keeping you informed of diagnostic problems Phoenix MultiBoot is a boot screen that displays a selection of boot devices from which you can boot your operating system Phoenix QuietBoot Right after you turn on or reset the computer Phoenix QuietBoot displays the QuietBoot Screen a graphic illustration created by the computer manufacturer instead of the text based POST screen which displays a number of PC diagnostic messages To exit the QuietBoot screen and run Setup display the MultiBoot menu or simply display the PC diagnostic messages you can simply press one of the hot keys des
33. he chart on the following page to configure the Large Disk Access Mode Features Page 15 The Setup Guide Large Disk Access Mode PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Select DOS if you have DOS Select Other if you have UNIX Novell NetWare or other operating systems If you are installing new operating system software and the drive fails change this setting and try again A large disk is one that has more than 1024 cylinders more than 16 heads or more than 63 tracks per sector Warning Incorrect settings can cause your system to malfunction Processor Serial Number Disabled Enabled Each CPU has a unique serial number When disabled access to this serial number is denied The system must be reset or restarted from power on for setting to take effect Page 16 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide Memory Cache Enabling cache saves time for the CPU by holding data most recently accessed in regular memory dynamic RAM or DRAM in a special storage area of static RAM SRAM which is faster Before accessing regular memory the CPU first accesses the cache If it does not find the data it is looking for there it accesses regular memory Selecting Memory Cache from the Advanced Menu displays a menu like the one shown here The actual features displayed depend on your system s hardware PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Memory Cache Item Specific Help Memory Cache
34. ive is installed Sectors Track 63 Tas imum Capacity aa ATAPI Removable removable disk drive is installed LBA Format Total Sectors 8404830 User drive parameters Maximum Capacity 4104MB Met he entered hy Weer Auto detect drive Multi Sector Transfers 16 Sectors S parameters automatically LBA Mode Control Enabled 32 bit Let Disabled Transfer Mode FPIO 4 DMA 21 Ultra DMA Mode Mode 21 SMART Monitoring Enabled F1 Help TI Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit _ Select Menu Enter Select gt Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Use the legend keys listed on the bottom to make your selections and exit to the Main Menu Note that capacity is displayed in real Mbytes 1MB 1024 1024 Bytes Drives with a total capacity greater than 8Gbyte operate in LBA format only The CHS parameters are not displayed by the fixed disk menu Page 7 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual In this case the menu is shown like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Primary IDE Master IBM DPTA 372050 PM Item Specific Help Type futok None disabled any attached drive LBA Format Total Sectors 40088160 EES installed Maximum Capacity 19574MB ATAPI Removable Multi Sector Transfers 16 Sectors removable disk drive is LBA Mode Control Enabled metal led 32 bit Let Disabled Transfer Mode FPIO 4 DMA 21 User cr ive paraneters must be entered by user Ultra DM
35. keyboard input QuietBoot switches over to the POST screen and the Option ROM displays prompts for entering the information POST continues from there with the regular POST screen Page 52 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Boot Utilities Phoenix MultiBoot Phoenix MultiBoot expands your boot options by letting you choose your boot device which could be a hard disk floppy disk or CD ROM You can select your boot device in Setup or you can choose a different device each time you boot by selecting your boot device in The Boot First Menu MultiBoot consists of e The Setup Boot Menu e The Removable Format Menu e The Fixed Disk and Removable Disk Menus e The Boot First Menu The following describes each one of these menus The Setup Boot Menu In the Setup Boot Menu you can select the order of the devices from which the BIOS attempts to boot the operating system During POST if the BIOS is unsuccessful at booting from one device it will try the next one on the list Please see Boot Menu in Chapter 1 for a detailed desription Page 53 Boot Utilities PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Boot First Menu Display the Boot First Menu by pressing lt Esc gt during POST In response the BIOS first displays the message Entering Boot Menu and then displays the Boot Menu at the end of POST Use the menu to select any of these options 1 Override the existing boot sequence for this boot only by selecting another boot devic
36. lash in this mode move to the directory into which you have installed Phoenix Phlash and type the following phlash Phoenix Phlash will automatically update or replace the current BIOS with the one which your OEM or dealer supplies you Phlash may fail if your system is using memory managers in which case the utility will display the following message Cannot flash when memory managers are present If you see this message after you execute Phlash you must disable the memory manager on your system To do so follow the instructions in the following sections Disabling Memory Managers To avoid failure when flashing you must disable the memory managers that load from CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT There are two recommended procedures for disabling the memory managers One consists of pressing the lt F5 gt key only if you are using DOS 5 0 or above and the other requires the creation of a boot diskette DOS 5 0 or later version For DOS 5 0 and later follow the two steps below to disable any memory managers on your system If you are not using at least DOS 5 0 then you must create a boot diskette to bypass any memory managers See Create a Boot Diskette below 1 Boot DOS 5 0 or later version In Windows 95 at the boot option screen choose Option 8 Boot to a previous version of DOS 2 When DOS displays the Starting MS DOS message press lt F5 gt After you press lt F5 gt DOS bypasses the CONFIG S
37. llel Port Feature Options Description Parallel Port Disabled Disabled turns off the port Enabled Enabled requires you to enter the Auto base Input Output address and the OS Controlled Interrupt number below Auto makes the BIOS autoconfigure the port during POST OS Controlled lets the PnP Operating System Windows 9x configure the port after POST Mode Output only Output only is standard one way Bi directional protocol for a parallel device EPP typically a printer ECP Bi directional uses the PS 2 two way protocol EPP specifies Enhanced Parallel Port Protocol Rev 1 9 and ECP is used in conjunction with 8 Bit DMA transfer Base I O Address 378 If you select Enabled for the 278 Parallel Port choose one of these 3BC UO addresses Interrupts IRQ5 If you select Enabled for the IRQ7 Parallel Port choose one of these interrupt options DMA channel DMA 1 If you select ECP for the Parallel DMA 3 Port Mode choose one of these DMA options Floppy Disk Controller Feature Options Description Floppy Disk Controller Disabled Enables the on board legacy Enabled diskette controller Disabled turns off all legacy diskette drives Base I O Address Primary If you select Enabled for the Secondary Diskette Controller Always choose Primary if no external controller is installed Page 28 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Local IDE Controller The Setup Guide F
38. lly tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more I20 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed LO block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C SE and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the Page 48 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup lt F3 gt for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press lt F1 gt to start the boot process or lt F2 gt to enter Setup and change the settings Press lt F3 gt to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the scr
39. n you change your mind about changes you have made and have not yet saved the values to CMOS you can restore the values you previously saved to CMOS Selecting Discard Changes on the Exit menu updates all the selections and displays this message CMOS values have been loaded Press lt space gt to continue Save Changes Selecting Save Changes saves all the selections without exiting Setup You can return to the other menus if you want to review and change your selections Page 45 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual PhoenixBIOS Messages The following is a list of the messages that the BIOS can display Most of them occur during POST Some of them display information about a hardware device e g the amount of memory installed Others may indicate a problem with a device such as the way it has been configured Following the list are explanations of the messages and remedies for reported problems zl your system displays one of the messages marked below with an asterisk write down the message and contact your dealer If your system fails after you make changes in the Setup menus reset the computer enter Setup and install Setup defaults or correct the error 0200 Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is attached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified 0210 Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard 0211 Keyb
40. oard error Keyboard not working 0212 Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller 0213 Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed 0220 Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup 0230 Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was detected 0231 System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was detected 0232 Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn 0250 System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system 0251 System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer Page 46 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide 0260 System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board 0270 Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair
41. ous Value for the field lt F6 gt or lt gt or lt Space gt Select the Next Value for the field lt F9 gt Load the Default Configuration values for this menu lt Enter gt Execute Command or Select P Submenu AER Page 4 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide To select an item use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the field you want Then use the plus and minus value keys to select a value for that field The Save Values commands in the Exit Menu save the values currently displayed in all the menus To display a sub menu use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the sub menu you want Then press lt Enter gt A pointer marks all sub menus The Field Help Window The help window on the right side of each menu displays the help text for the currently selected field It updates as you move the cursor to each field The General Help Window Pressing lt F1 gt or lt Alt H gt on any menu brings up the General Help window that describes the legend keys and their alternates General Help Setup changes system behavior by modifying the BIOS configuration parameters Selecting incorrect values may cause system boot failure load Setup Default values to recover lt Up Down gt arrows select fields in current menu lt PgUp PgDn gt moves to previous next page on scrollable menus lt Home End gt moves to top bottom item of current menu Within a field lt F5 gt or lt gt selects next lo
42. overy Diskette Below is one recommended procedure 1 Be sure you have successfully installed the Phlash Utility onto your hard disk 2 Insert a clean diskette into drive A or B 3 From the local directory enter the following CRISDISK drive where drive is the letter of the drive into which you inserted the diskette For help type or h CRISDISK BAT formats the diskette then copies MINIDOS SYS VGABIOS EXE if available PHLASH EXE PLATFORM BIN and BIOS ROM to the diskette and creates the required custom boot sector 4 Write protect and label the Crisis Recovery Diskette NOTE You can only supply a volume label after the Crisis Recovery Diskette has been formatted and the necessary files copied because MINIDOS SYS must occupy the first directory entry for the diskette to boot properly Updating the Crisis Recovery Diskette If the BIOS image BIOS ROM changes due to an update or bug fix you can easily update the Crisis Recovery Diskette Simply copy the new BIOS ROM image onto the Crisis Recovery Diskette No further action is necessary Executing Phoenix Phlash You can run Phoenix Phlash in one of two modes Command Line Mode Crisis Recovery Mode WARNING For your own protection be sure you have a Crisis Recovery Diskette ready to use before executing Phlash Page 58 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Phoenix Phlash Command Line Mode Use this mode to update or replace your current BIOS To execute Ph
43. rates the possible selections Installed O S Other Select Yes if you are using Plug amp Play a Plug amp Play capable operating system Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non boot devices ISA graphics device Enable ISA non VGA installed graphics device to access pallete data in PCI VGA device Default Primary Video PCI Select Bootdisplay on either Adapter AGP PCI VGA card or AGP VGA PCI Slot x Master Disabled Enable Busmaster on Enabled requested PCI Slot if Enabled is selected Disabled is recommended for default usage since PCI busmastering is enabled by device drivers Reset Configuration Data Yes erases all configuration data in ESCD which stores the configuration settings for non PnP plug in devices Select Yes when required to restore the manufacturer s defaults Secured Setup Yes prevents a PnP Configurations operating system from overriding selections you have made in Setup Page 20 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide PCI PnP ISA UMB Region Exclusion Selecting PCI PNP ISA UMB Region Exclusion from menu bar on the PCI Configuration menu displays a menu like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility PCI PNP ISA UMB Region Exclusion Item Specific Help ccoo CFFF ZIELE Reserves the specified DOGO DIFF Available block BE Upper nenori D400 D FF Available for use by legacy ISA D800 DBFF Available devi
44. re 80 C select between Motherboard Temperature 37 C Monitoring or Ignore Peripheral Temperature Ignore CPU Fan Speed 4750 RPM Fan 2 Speed Ignore Fan 3 Speed Ignore Ucore Voltage 1 68U Vcoreil Voltage 1 52U 3 3V Voltage 3 36V 5U Voltage 4 93U W Voltage 5 054 12V Voltage 12 88V 12V Voltage 12 11V UBAT Voltage 3 44V FI Help TI Select Item a Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit Select Menu Enter Select gt Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Page 40 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide Here you see the actual system state measured using the system monitoring device Options Description Peripheral Temperature Ignore select Ignore if DE e temperature sensor for Periiperals is not attached Fan 2 Speed Ignore select Ignore if Fan Xxxx RPM 2 is not attached Fan 3 Speed Ignore select Ignore if Fan xxxx RPM 3 is not attached NOTE This page is not available if System Monitoring is disabled inside UO Device Configuration Page 41 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Boot Menu After you turn on your computer it will attempt to load the operating system such as Windows 98 from the device of your choice If it cannot find the operating system on that device it will attempt to load it from one or more other devices in the order specified in the Boot Menu Boot devices i e with access to an operating system can include hard d
45. rives floppy drives CD ROMs removable devices e g Iomega Zip drives and network cards Note Specifying any device as a boot device on the Boot Menu requires the availability of an operating system on that device Most PCs come with an operating system already installed on hard drive C Selecting Boot from the Menu Bar displays the Boot menu which looks like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Security Power IB Exit Item Specific Help Removable Devices Legacy Floppy Drives LS 120 COSM Hard Drive Bootable Add in Cards WDC AC1100H PM CD ROM Drive Network Boot Keys used to view or configure devices lt Enter gt expands or collapses devices with ator rin lt Ctrl Enter gt expands all lt Shift 1 gt enables or disables a device lt gt and lt gt moves the device up or down lt n gt may move removable device between hard or removable disk lt d gt removes a device that is not installed FI Help TI Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Page 42 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide Use this menu to arrange to specify the order of the devices from which the BIOS will attempt to boot the Operating System Use the lt Enter gt key to expand or collapse the devices marked with lt gt or lt gt Press lt Ctrl Enter gt to expand all such devices To move
46. sword without first creating a Supervisor password In other systems you can create and use them independently The User password is stored to system microcontroller This allows to lock the keyboard by pressing CTL ALT S The lock is indicated by flashing the keyboard LEDs To unlock the keyboard enter the valid user password Use the following chart to configure the system security and anti virus options Feature Options Description Set Supervisor Password Up to seven alphanumeric characters Pressing lt Enter gt displays dialog box for entering the supervisor password In related systems this password gives full access to Setup menus To clear an existing Supervisor password enter the password and hit lt Enter gt to clear Note however that any existing User Password cannot be changed if Supervisor password has been cleared Set User Password Up to seven alphanumeric characters Pressing lt Enter gt displays the dialog box for entering the user password In related systems this password gives restricted access to SETUP menus To clear an existing User password enter the password and hit lt Enter gt to clear Network server Enabled Disabled Enabled allows the system to boot without entering a password Keyboard and mouse however are locked until a valid password is entered This function however does not work with Windows 9x Page 35 The Setup Gui
47. test system performance To alter these settings choose Customized To turn off power management choose Disabled FI Help 7 Select Item Change Values F9 setup Defaults ESC Exit _ Select Menu Enter Select gt Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Use this menu to specify your settings for Power Management Remember that the options available depend upon the hardware installed in your system Those shown here are from a typical system A power management system reduces the amount of energy used after specified periods of inactivity The Setup menu pictured here supports a Full On state and a Standby state with partial power reduction Use the Advanced Options on this menu to specify whether or not system activity can prevent entering Standby state activity events or terminate the Standby state and restore Full On wakeup events Use the legend keys to make your selections and exit to the Main Menu Page 37 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Use the chart on the following page in making your selections Options Description Power Savings Disabled Maximum options Customize pre defined values Maximum Power Select Customize to Savings make your own Maximum Performance selections from the following fields Disabled turns off all power management Standby Timeout Off Inactivity period 1 Minute required to put 2 Minutes system in Standby 4 Minutes partial power 6 Minutes shutdown 8 Minutes
48. the type of Diskette Drive B 2 88 MB 3 2 floppy disk drive Disabled installed in your system Extended Memory You can set the boot sequence of the bootable drives by selecting Boot Sequence on the Main Menu or opening the Boot Menu Masters and Slaves The Master and Slave settings on the Main Menu control these types of devices e Hard disk drives e Removable disk drives e CD ROM drives There is one IDE connector on your motherboard usually labeled Primary IDE There are usually two connectors on each ribbon cable attached to IDE connector When you have connected two drives to this connector the one on the end of the cable is the Master When you enter Setup the Main Menu displays the results of Autotyping information each drive provides about its own size and other characteristics and how they are arranged as Masters or Slaves on your machine Page 6 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide Note Do not attempt to change these settings unless you have an installed drive that does not autotype properly such as an older hard disk drive that does not support autotyping If you need to change your drive settings select one of the Master or Slave drives on the Main Menu This will display a menu like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Primary IDE Master ST34321A PM Item Specific Help Type LISS None disabled any CHS Format attached drive Cylinders 8894 Heads 15 CD ROM a CD ROM dr
49. ts of this menu depend on the devices installed on your system Incorrect settings can cause your system to malfunction Page 33 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Security Menu Selecting Security from the Main Menu displays a menu like this PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Power Boot Exit Item Specific Help Supervisor Password Is Set User Password Is Clear Supervisor Password Set Supervisor Password HUGE conteals access in the Set User Password Enter setup utility Network server Disabled Password on boot Disabled Fixed disk boot sector Normal Diskette access Supervisor Virus check reminder Disabled System backup reminder Disabled F1 Help TI Select Item At Change Values F9 Setup Defaults ESC Exit _ Select Menu Enter Select Sub Menu F10 Save and Exit Use the legend keys to make your selections and exit to the Main Menu Enabling Supervisor Password requires a password for entering Setup The passwords are not case sensitive Pressing lt Enter gt at either Set Supervisor Password or Set User Password displays a dialog box like this Set Password Enter new password 1 Confirm new password 1 Type the password and press lt Enter gt Repeat Page 34 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide Note In some systems the User and Supervisor passwords are related you cannot have a User pas
50. ual System Monitoring Disabled Enables the on board System 280h Monitoring controller at the 290h selected Base UO address For more information on this device please refer to the hardware user manual Warning If you choose the same I O address or Interrupt for more than one port the menu displays an asterisk at the conflicting settings It also displays this message at the bottom of the menu Indicates a DMA Interrupt I 0 or memory resourc conflict with another device Resolve the conflict by selecting another setting for the devices Page 30 PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual The Setup Guide Memory Shadow Enabling Memory Shadow is intended to speed up ISA Legacy option ROMs These ROM extensions are usually 8 Bit organized If a shadow Memory area is enabled for an ISA ROM extension it s content is copyied into RAM and set Read only Memory read access is directed to Shadow RAM instead of ISA Bus Note however that some ISA ROM extensions e g MSYSTEMS DiskOnChip devices cannot operate when copied into Shadow RAM Selecting Memory Shadow from the Advanced Menu displays a menu like the one shown here The actual features displayed depend on your system s hardware PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility Memory Shadow Item Specific Help C800 CBFF Disabled Enables option ROM CCOO CFFF Disabled shadowing in this D000 D3FF Disabled region D400 D FF Disabled D800 D
51. wer value and lt F6 gt lt gt or lt Space gt selects next higher value lt Left Right gt arrows select menus on menu bar lt Enter gt displays more options for items marked with a gt lt F9 gt loads factory installed Setup Default values lt F10 gt save current settings and exit Setup lt ESC gt or lt Alt X gt exits Setup in sub menus pressing these keys returns to the previous menu lt F1 gt or lt Alt H gt displays General Help this screen Continue The scroll bar on the right of any window indicates that there is more than one page of information in the window Use lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt to display all the pages Pressing lt Home gt and lt End gt displays the first and last page Pressing lt Enter gt displays each page and then exits the window Press lt Esc gt to exit the current window Page 5 The Setup Guide PhoenixBIOS 4 0 User s Manual Main Menu Selections You can make the following selections on the Main Menu itself Use the sub menus for other selections Displays type of processor detected during bootup Options ES CPU Speed N A Displays the clock rate detected during bootup N A CPU Type System Memory Displays amount of conventional memory detected during bootup Displays the amount of extended memory detected during bootup System Time HH MM SS Set the system time MM DD YYYY Set the system date Diskette Drive A 1 44 MB 3 Select

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