Adaptec AAA-UDMA Hardware Guide - Page 59

Starting the BIOSSelect Utility, Using BIOSSelect Menus, Exiting BIOSSelect, Using BIOS, Menus

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Using BIOSSelect and Disk Utilities Starting the BIOSSelect Utility To start BIOSSelect, press the F6 key when the following prompt appears when you turn on or reboot your system: Press for BIOSSelect Utility! The menu that appears displays the options Configure/View Host Adapter Settings and Disk Utilities, as shown in Figure A-1. Adaptec Array1000 Family BIOSSelect Utility Adaptec Array1000 Family at Bus:Channel 00:A Would you like to configure the PCI device, or run the disk utilities? Select the option and press . Press to switch between color and monochrome modes. Options Configure/View Host Adapter Settings Disk Utilities Arrow keys to move cursor, to select option, to exit (*=default) Figure A-1. BIOSSelect Menu Using BIOSSelect Menus To select a BIOSSelect menu option, move the cursor to the option with the ↑ and ↓ keys, then press Enter. In some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. You can return to the previous menu at any time by pressing Esc. To restore the original BIOSSelect default values, press F6 from the Configure/View Host Adapter Settings screen. To toggle the display between color and monochrome modes, press F5 from the main BIOSSelect screen (this feature does not work on some monitors). Exiting BIOSSelect To exit BIOSSelect, press Esc until a message prompts you to exit (if you changed any host adapter settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you exit). Select Yes to exit, then press any key to reboot the system. Any changes you made in BIOSSelect take effect after the system boots. A-3

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Using BIOSSelect and Disk Utilities
Starting the BIOS
Select
Utility
To start BIOS
Select
, press the
F6
key when the following prompt
appears when you turn on or reboot your system:
Press <F6> for BIOSSelect Utility!
The menu that appears displays the options Configure/View Host
Adapter Settings and Disk Utilities, as shown in Figure A-1.
Using BIOS
Select
Menus
To select a BIOS
Select
menu option, move the cursor to the option
with the
and
keys, then press
Enter
. In some cases, selecting an
option displays another menu. You can return to the previous menu
at any time by pressing
Esc
.
To restore the original BIOS
Select
default values, press
F6
from the
Configure/View Host Adapter Settings screen. To toggle the display
between color and monochrome modes, press
F5
from the main
BIOS
Select
screen (this feature does not work on some monitors).
Exiting BIOS
Select
To exit BIOS
Select
, press
Esc
until a message prompts you to exit (if
you changed any host adapter settings, you are prompted to save
the changes before you exit). Select
Yes
to exit, then press any key to
reboot the system. Any changes you made in BIOS
Select
take effect
after the system boots.
Adaptec Array1000 Family
BIOSSelect
Utility
Arrow keys to move cursor,
<Enter> to select option,
<Esc> to exit
(
*
=default)
Would you like to configure the PCI device, or run the
disk utilities? Select the option and press <Enter>.
Press <F5> to switch between color and monochrome modes.
Adaptec Array1000 Family at Bus:Channel
00:A
Options
Configure/View Host Adapter Settings
Disk Utilities
Figure A-1. BIOS
Select
Menu