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Computer Setup Guide
Evo Desktop Family
Evo Workstation Family
Deskpro Workstations
Document Part Number: 215867-003
September 2001
This guide provides instructions on how to use Computer Setup
utilities, a software tool installed on the hard drive. This tool is used
to reconfigure and modify computer default settings when new
hardware is installed and for maintenance purposes.
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© 2001 Compaq Computer Corporation
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Computer Setup Guide
Evo Desktop Family
Evo Workstation Family
Deskpro Workstations
Third Edition (September 2001)
Part Number: 215867-003
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Computer Setup Guide iii
Contents
Computer Setup
Computer Setup Utilities (F10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Using Computer Setup Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
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Computer Setup Guide 1
Computer Setup
Computer Setup Utilities (F10)
Use Computer Setup to do the following:
■Change factory default settings.
■Set the system date and time.
■Set, view, change, or verify the system configuration, including
settings for processor, graphics, memory, audio, storage,
communications, and input devices.
■Modify the boot order of bootable devices such as hard drives,
diskette drives, CD-ROM drives, DVD-ROM drives, or LS-120
drives.
■Configure the boot priority of IDE and SCSI hard drives
controllers.
■Configure Quiet Drive options (for drives that support this
feature).
■Enable Quick Boot, which is faster than Full Boot but does not
run all of the diagnostic tests run during a Full Boot. You can set
your system to:
❏always Quick Boot (default);
❏periodically Full Boot (from every 1 to 30 days); or
❏always Full Boot.
■Enable or disable Network Server Mode, which allows the
computer to boot the operating system when the power-on
password is enabled, with or without a keyboard or mouse
attached. When attached to the system, the keyboard and mouse
remain locked until the power-on password is entered.
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Computer Setup
■Select Post Messages Enabled or Disabled to change the display
status of Power-On Self-Test (POST) messages. Post Messages
Disabled suppresses most POST messages, such as memory
count, product name, and other non-error text messages. If a
POST error occurs, the error is displayed regardless of the mode
selected. To manually switch to Post Messages Enabled during
POST, press any key (except F1 through F12).
■Establish an Ownership Tag, the text of which is displayed each
time the system is turned on or restarted.
■Enter the Asset Tag or property identification number assigned by
your company to this computer.
■Enable the power-on password prompt during system restarts
(warm boots) as well as during power-on.
■Establish a setup password that controls access to Computer
Setup (F10) and the settings described in this section.
■To secure integrated I/O functionality, including the serial, USB,
or parallel ports, audio, or embedded NIC, so that they cannot be
used until they are unsecured.
■Enable or disable Master Boot Record (MBR) Security.
■Enable or disable removable media boot ability.
■Enable or disable removable media write ability.
■Solve system configuration errors detected but not automatically
fixed during the Power-On Self-Test (POST).
■Replicate your system setup by saving system configuration
information on diskette and restoring it on one or more
computers.
■Execute self-tests on a specified IDE hard drive.
■Configure various energy-saving features including energy saver
mode, system and hard drive timeouts, power button mode, and
power LED behavior.
■Enable or disable DriveLock security.
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Computer Setup Guide 3
Computer Setup
Using Computer Setup Utilities
To access the Computer Setup Utilities menu, complete the following
steps:
1. Turn on or restart the computer. If you are in Windows, click
Start > Shut Down > Restart the Computer.
2. When the F10 = Setup message is displayed in the lower-right
corner of the screen, press the F10 key.
✎If you do not press the F10 key while the message is displayed, you
must restart the computer again to access the utility.
3. Select your language from the list and press the Enter key.
4. A choice of five headings appears in the Computer Setup Utilities
menu: File, Storage, Security, Power, and Advanced.
5. Use the Tab key to select the appropriate heading. Use the arrow
keys to select the option you want, then press the Enter key. To
return to the Computer Setup Utilities menu, press the Esc key.
6. To apply and save changes, select File > Save Changes and Exit.
❏If you selected an option that automatically restarted the
computer, changes were applied at that time.
❏If you have made changes that you do not want applied, select
Ignore Changes and Exit.
❏If you have already applied changes you now want to
eliminate, select Set Defaults and Exit. This option will
restore the original factory system defaults.
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Computer Setup
Computer Setup
Heading Option Description
File System Information Lists:
• Product name
• Processor type/speed/stepping
• Cache size (L1/L2)
• Installed memory size
• System ROM (includes family name and
version)
• System board revision
• Chassis serial number
• Asset tracking number
• Integrated MAC address for embedded,
enabled NIC (if applicable)
About Displays copyright notice.
Set Time and Date Allows you to set system time and date.
Save to Diskette Saves system configuration, including
CMOS, to a blank, formatted 1.44-MB
diskette.
Restore from Diskette Restores system configuration, including
CMOS, from a diskette.
Set Defaults and Exit Restores factory default settings, which
includes clearing any established passwords.
Ignore Changes and
Exit
Exits Computer Setup without applying or
saving any changes.
Save Changes and Exit Saves changes to system configuration and
exits Computer Setup.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
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Computer Setup Guide 5
Computer Setup
Storage Device Configuration Lists all installed storage devices. When a
device is selected, detailed information and
options are displayed. The following options
may be presented:
Diskette Type
Identifies the highest capacity media type
accepted by the diskette drive.
Legacy Diskette Drives
Options are 3.5” 1.44 MB, 3.5” 720 KB, 5.25”
1.2 MB, 5.25” 360 KB, and Not Installed.
Multibay Superdisk Drives
Options are LS-120 and LS-260.
Drive Emulation
Allows you to select a drive emulation type
for a storage device. (For example, a Zip
drive can be made bootable by selecting
diskette emulation.)
LS-120 and ATAPI Zip Drives
Drive Type Emulation Options
IDE LS-120 None (treated as
diskette drive)
Disk (treated as hard
drive)
ATAPI Zip drive None (treated as Other)
Diskette (treated as
diskette drive)
Disk (treated as hard
drive)
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
Computer Setup
(Continued)
Heading Option Description
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Computer Setup
Storage
(continued)
Device Configuration
(continued)
Drive Emulation (continued)
IDE Devices
Drive Type Emulation Options
Hard Disk No emulation options
available.
Diskette None (treated as
diskette drive)
Disk (treated as hard drive)
CD-ROM None (treated as CD-ROM
drive)
Diskette (treated as
diskette drive)
Disk (treated as hard drive)
Transfer Mode
(IDE devices only
)
Specifies the active data transfer mode.
Options (subject to device capabilities) are
PIO 0, Max PIO, Enhanced DMA,
Ultra DMA 0, and Max UDMA.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
Computer Setup
(Continued)
Heading Option Description
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Computer Setup Guide 7
Computer Setup
Storage
(continued)
Device Configuration
(continued)
Translation Mode
(IDE disks only)
Lets you select the translation mode to be
used for the device. This enables the BIOS to
access disks partitioned and formatted on
other systems and may be necessary for
users of older versions of UNIX (e.g., SCO
UNIX version 3.2). Options are Bit-Shift, LBA
Assisted, User, and None.
ÄCAUTION: Ordinarily, the translation
mode selected automatically by the BIOS
should not be changed. If the selected
translation mode is not compatible with
the translation mode that was active
when the disk was partitioned and
formatted, the data on the disk will be
inaccessible.
Translation Parameters
(IDE Disks only)
Allows you to specify the parameters (logical
cylinders, heads, and sectors per track) used
by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests
(from the operating system or an application)
into terms the hard drive can accept. Logical
cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number
of heads may not exceed 256. The number of
sectors per track may not exceed 63. These
fields are only visible and changeable when
the drive translation mode is set to User.
Support for Computer Setup options may vary depending on your specific hardware
configuration.
Computer Setup
(Continued)
Heading Option Description
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