Instruction Manual

40 Notebook PC User’s Manual
IV. BIOS Software
Item Specific Help
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
F1 Help Select Item Change Values F9 Setup Defaults
Esc Exit Select Menu Enter Select Sub-Menu F10 Save and Exit
Main Advanced Security Power Boot Exit
Installed O/S: [Win98]
I/O Device Configuration
Large Disk Access Mode: [Normal]
TV mode: [NTSC]
IR position: [Back]
Internal Pointing Device: [Enabled]
Num Lock: [Auto]
Local Bus IDE adapter: [Primary]
Anti-Virus Feature: [Enabled]
QuickBoot Mode: [Enabled]
Select the operating
system installed
on your system which
you will use most
commonly.
Note: An incorrect
setting can cause
some operating
systems to display
unexpected behavior.
Advanced Menu
Selecting Advanced from the menu bar displays the Advanced menu. See the figure below.
Installed O/S:
This field gives operating system information to the BIOS so that plug and play information can be set accordingly.
Select the appropriate operating system or select “Other” if your operating system is not listed.
[Other] [Win95] [Win98]
I/O Device Configuration
Pressing [Enter] when this field is highlighted calls up a sub-menu for configuring the Notebook PC’s serial and parallel
ports. See the Advanced sub-menu for descriptions of each sub-menu items.
Large Disk Access Mode
Specifies the type of operating system in use. The default, Normal, should be always used unless UNIX or Novell
Netware is being used. Available configurations are:
[Large] [Normal]
NOTE! The Large Disk Access mode controls how the disk controller accesses the disk volume. Setting the option
to Large may cause the hardware not to recognize DOS, Windows or other DOS based operating system disk
formats.