Technical data

ASTi DACS: Operation & Maintenance Manual (Version 4, Rev. B.1) www.asti-usa.com

Note: BIOS date is located at the top of Main Utility page. For 586 systems with AMI BIOS (c)

1995, perform the following for BIOS setup:

• Reboot the DACS and enter the BIOS setup routine

• Select “Auto Conﬁgure With BIOS Defaults”

• Select the “Auto Detect Hard Disk” option to generate the appropriate hard disk parameters

• Select the “Standard CMOS Setup”, and set the following:

Enter correct time and date

Check that the hard disk parameters have been identified

Enable the floppy

Set keyboard for “Not Installed”

• Set the following drive conﬁguration:

Pri Master = Auto

Pri Slave = Not Installed

Sec Master = Not Installed

Sec Slave = Not Installed

• Exit and select “Advanced CMOS Setup”, then set the following:

Quick Boot = Disable

Boot Sequence = A:;C:;CD ROM

External Cached = Enabled

C000, 16k Shadow = Cached

C400, 16k Shadow = Cached

Mouse Support = Disable

• Select “Advanced Chipset Setup”, and set the following:

IRQ 12/M Mouse Function = Disable

• Select “PCI/Plug and Play Setup”, and set the following:

Plug and Play Aware O/S = No

IRQ 10 = “ISA/EISA”

IRQ 11 = “ISA/EISA”

• Exit and select “Write to CMOS and Exit”

The system will save the conﬁguration and automatically reboot.

Note: If MS DOS is to be installed next, place DOS Disk1 in a: drive.