Chapter 3: Starting Your PowerStation Using the BIOS Utility
PA2 PowerStation User Guide 3-9
2 Insert the PA2 PowerStation CD into the CD-ROM drive.
3 Select the Drivers/Utilities selection from the CD menu. On the
Utilities page you will find a link to the web site that contains the
Flashback utility image.
4 Select the Flashback utility web link to open your browser to the
location of the utility.
5 Download the utility from the web site and install it on your
development laptop.
6 Double-click the executable file.
The Flashback Utility dialog box appears.
Note: Reformatting a CompactFlash card using Flashback will erase your
projects from the CF card. You will need to download your projects
to the CF card again. After using Flashback, you may also need to
recalibrate your PA2 PowerStation display. For instructions, see
Calibrating the Touchscreen on page 4-2.
7 Click the down arrow for the destination drive and choose the correct
drive letter that was assigned to the CF.
8 Press the Restore Image button.
Using the BIOS Utility
This section discusses how to use the BIOS utility on the PowerStation.
There are three instances in which you will need to use the BIOS utility
program:
1 You are starting your system for the first time.
2 You have changed the hardware attached to your system.
3 The CMOS memory has lost power and the configuration information
has been erased.
Every computer with a motherboard includes a special chip referred to as
the BIOS or ROM BIOS (Read Only Memory Basic Input/Output System).
The BIOS includes instructions to interact with the computer hardware. It
also includes a test which ensures that the computer meets requirements
to boot up properly. If the computer encounters an error during the test,
you either hear a combination of beeps or see an error message on the
screen.
Error messages can be fatal or non-fatal. Generally, the system can
continue the boot up sequence with a non-fatal error. These are usually
displayed on the screen along with the following instructions:
Press <F1> to RESUME
Note The Flashback Utility, will first format the compact flash, and then
copy ROM-DOS, the Shell, and the utilities to the compact flash.
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