Advantech FWA-1112VC - Bios; Bios Defaults; BIOS Setup Menu

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3. BIOS
FWA-1112VC BIOS is based on AMI’s APTIO BIOS and compliant to the UEFI, SMBIOS and
ACPI specifications.
The BIOS performs probing, initialization and configuration of the FWA-1112VC and
initializes the OS boot process at the end of POST (Power-On-Self-Test).
Regular BIOS output as well as the setup menu are displayed via console port and please
note that the FWA-1112VC does not have any on-board POST Code LEDs. A special POST
code adapter is required to retrieve BIOS error codes.
All BIOS configuration parameters bare stored in NVRAM, a dedicated section of the BIOS
flash chip. Parameters are no longer stored in legacy CMOS RAM by the platform BIOS. I.e.
BIOS configuration parameters will not be lost due to an empty battery.
3.1 BIOS Defaults
The BIOS comes with a set of configuration parameters when shipped by Advantech
referred to as “Optimized Defaults” or “factory defaults”. The user can change BIOS
settings via the setup menu either temporarily or permanently by saving the changes as
“User defaults”.
The BIOS loads Optimized Defaults by the option “Restore Defaults; and loads User
defaults by the option “Restore User Defaults”. If no User defaults have been defined, the
BIOS will do nothing.
3.1.1 BIOS SETUP MENU
This section describes the FWA-1112VC’s UEFI BIOS based on AMI’s APTIO BIOS.
Users can modify BIOS settings and control the special features of the FWA-1112VC using
the BIOS setup menu.
Please note that Advantech supports shipping the FWA-1112VC with custom BIOS defaults
to simplify the deployment and integration for our customers. Please contact your
Advantech representative if you want to receive more information regarding this service.
The BIOS Setup Menu can be entered via the BIOS POST screen displayed on the console
interface: