Technical data

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

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

• Reboot the DACS and enter the BIOS setup routine.

• Select “Auto Conﬁgure with Optimal Settings”, and choose “Y” for loading high perfor-

mance settings.

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

Enter correct time and date

Enable the 3.5” floppy drive

• Set the following drive parameters:

Primary Master = Auto (for removable drives(

— OR —

Press “Enter” to detect fixed HDD parameters

Repeat procedure for each HDD in the system or select “Not

Installed” in the remaining HDD fields.

Note: If “Dynamic Drive Overlay Error” is displayed after completing the BIOS settings and

starting DOS, return to the Primary Master Setting and press “Enter” to automatically enter the

drive parameters. The operator can also manually enter the drive parameters if they are available.

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

Quick Boot = Enable

1st Boot Device = Floppy

2nd Boot Device = IDE0

3rd Boot Device = Disabled (or CD-ROM if installed)

PS/2 Mouse Support = Disable

Use the down arrow key to scroll past “BIOS Cacheable”

CC00, 16k Shadow = Disabled

D000, 16k Shadow = Disabled

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

IRQ 12/M Mouse Function = Disabled

• 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.