Ciara-tech Discovery - 2.0: The Ciara Enterprise;Discovery 945 GTP BIOS; 2.1: BIOS Configuration and Installation

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2.0: The Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP BIOS
2.1: BIOS Configuration and Installation
The purpose of this section is to describe the procedures to set up the BIOS configuration options of your Ciara
Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP computer. All this work is done for you at the Ciara plant enabling the system to be
ready to start on Power on. However, we are describing this procedure as a means of transparency.
Every Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP is now supplied with the latest version of the Intel/AMI BIOS. The
Intel/AMI BIOS is a set of permanently recorded software that give the Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP its
fundamental operational characteristics.
The Intel/AMI BIOS is made up of code that provides the device-level control for the major I/O devices in the Ciara
Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP computer system. It contains a set of routines (called POST, for Power-On Self-Test)
that check out your Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP system when you turn it on.
The Intel/AMI BIOS name will be displayed on the screen of the monitor every time the power is turned on.
The Set-Up procedure involves storing in the Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP computer data & hardware
information (called configuration information) including:
• Date & time,
• Type(s) of floppy disk drive(s),
• Type(s) of hard disk drive(s),
• Type of display adapter,
• Presence or absence of a keyboard,
It will be necessary to run the Set-Up program if you do any of the following:
• Replace the battery,
• Install a second hard drive or replace the one you have with a new model,
• You have not used your system for a considerable period,
• The original set-up has been "lost".
In any of these cases you must use the Set-Up
program to modify the system parameters to reflect the options
actually installed in your system.
To use the
Set-Up program proceed as follows:
1. Turn on or re-boot (press simultaneously <CTRL>, <ALT>, <DEL>) your Ciara
Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP system. After the Intel/AMI BIOS performs a series of
diagnostic checks, the following message appears:
P
RESS <F2> to enter Set-Up.
2. Press the <F2> key to enter the Intel/AMI BIOS Set-Up program.
3. Choose a
Set-Up option with the arrow keys and press < ↵ > to select.