Texas Microsystems, Inc. 2003 - Setup Utility

Status error £rom display adapter.
54. Video output not present - the £ollowing message
may be displayed:
No video signal £rom displsy adapter.
55. 1£ any o£ the errors (51 through 54) occur. the
Setup Utility is invoked automatically. The
con£iguration data on the Setup screen should be
checked £or accuracy. 1£ the con£iguration is
accurate. press F1 to continue.
56. 1£ the CPU card switch £or Loop Diagnostics is
set. the BIOS startup routine repeats. otherwise.
the £ollowing steps are per£ormed.
57. Operating system is loaded. the £ollowing message
is displayed:
Loading Operating System
58. BIOS checks £or valid ROM at address EOOO:OOOO.
and i£ valid ROM exists. the program Jumps to that
address. 1£ not. the nonmaskable interrupts are
armed.
59. The Operating system is actually loaded £rom the
disk and control is trans£erred to the operating
system.
3.1.2 Setup Utility
The Setup Utility is used to set the computer time.
date and con£iguration data. Setup is made up o£ two
screens (pages). The £irst screen records computer
con£iguration in£ormation. The second screen initiates
a Parking Utility used to prepare the disk drives £or
shipping.
The Setup Utility resides in ROM; the con£iguration
in£ormation resides in CMOS RAM. Each time the
computer is powered-up. the BIOS per£orms computer
diagnostics and checks the con£iguration in£ormation
stored in memory against the actual con£iguration being
tested. 1£ inconsistencies are discovered. BIOS error
messages are displayed. The £ollowing steps describe
how to use the Setup Utility:
1. To access the Setup Utility. press the CTRL and
ALT keys at the same time and then press the S
key. Page 1 o£ the Setup Utility is displayed.
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