User manual NEC POWERMATE VE ETC

[. . . ] PROPRIETARY NOTICE AND LIABILITY DISCLAIMER The information disclosed in this document, including all designs and related materials, is the valuable property of NEC Computer Systems Division, Packard Bell NEC (NECCSD, PBNEC) and/or its licensors. NECCSD and/or its licensors, as appropriate, reserve all patent, copyright and other proprietary rights to this document, including all design, manufacturing, reproduction, use, and sales rights thereto, except to the extent said rights are expressly granted to others. The NECCSD product(s) discussed in this document are warranted in accordance with the terms of the Warranty Statement accompanying each product. However, actual performance of each such product is dependent upon factors such as system configuration, customer data, and operator control. [. . . ] The General Help window -- a window that appears any time during Setup when you press F1 or Alt H. This help window provides two pages of general information about using Setup. T T T The following sections describe how to use the Main Menu window to set system parameters. 4-4 Setting System Parameters The Menu Bar The menu bar at the top of the Main Menu window lists these menus: T Main -- Use this menu for basic system configuration. For example, select "Main" to set the system time, system date, diskette drives, and video parameters. Advanced -- Use this menu to set serial port and printer port addresses and interrupts, and to enable/disable the system's diskette drive controller and dual-IDE controllers. The Advanced menu also provides menu items for setting parity and for setting parameters for large disks (for example, to use large disks with Windows NTTM). Some of the Advanced features are accessible only with a Supervisor password when the Supervisor password is set. T T T T Security -- Use this menu to set User and Supervisor Passwords and the Backup and Virus-check reminders. Exit -- Use this menu to exit the current menu. To select an option from the menu bar, use the left and right arrow keys. See "Exiting Setup" in this chapter for a description on exiting the Main Menu. Setting System Parameters 4-5 The Legend Bar Use the keys listed in the legend bar on the bottom of the Setup menu to make your selections or exit the current menu. The following table describes the legend keys and their alternates. Setup Key Functions KEY F1 or Alt-H Esc or arrow keys or arrow keys Tab or Shift-Tab Home or End Page Up or Page Down F5 or F6 or + or Space F9 F10 Enter Alt-R FUNCTION Displays the General Help window (described later in this chapter). Refreshes the screen. 4-6 Setting System Parameters Selecting a Menu Item To select a menu item, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the field you want. Then use the value keys (F5, -, F6, +, or space bar) to cycle through the value for that field. The Save Values command in the Exit Menu saves the values currently displayed in all the menus. Displaying a Submenu To display a submenu, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the submenu you want. Getting Help A Field Help window or Item Specific Help window on the right side of each menu displays the help text for the currently selected Setup option. Pressing F1 or Alt H on any menu brings up the General Help window that describes the legend keys and their alternates. The scroll bar on the right of any window indicates that there is more than one page of information in the window. Press Esc to exit the current window. MAIN MENU OPTIONS The following table lists and describes the available parameters when you select the Main menu in the legend bar. Other Main Menu parameters are available by selecting submenus. Setting System Parameters 4-7 Parameters available directly from the Main Menu summary window have a right-pointing triangle next to the parameter. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the parameter and press Enter to select a submenu. See the sections following the table for a description of Main Menu parameters from the summary window. Main Menu Parameters PARAMETER System Time System Date Diskette A: Diskette B: OPTIONS HH:MM:SS MM/DD/YYYY DESCRIPTION Sets the system time. Sets the system date. 360KB, 5 1/4" Selects the type of diskette drive in your system. 1. 2MB, 5 1/4" 720KB, 3 1/2" 1. 44MB, 3 1/2" (default A) 2. 88MB, 3 1/2" Not Installed (default B) Auto (default) Monochrome EGA/VGA (default) CGA 80x25 Described in the following sections. Auto (default) Automatically detected by the system Automatically detected by the system Described in the following sections. [. . . ] See Chapter 4, Setting System Parameters, for information on changing the interrupts using Setup. INTERRUPT CONTROLLER Interrupt Level Assignments INTERRUPT PRIORITY IRQ00 IRQ01 IRQ02 IRQ03 IRQ04 IRQ05 IRQ06 IRQ07 INTERRUPT DEVICE Counter/Timer Keyboard Cascade (INT output from slave) COM2 and COM4 COM1 and COM3 Parallel Port 2/Audio (if present) Diskette Drive Controller Parallel Port 1 Reviewing System Interrupts B-1 Interrupt Level Assignments INTERRUPT PRIORITY IRQ08 IRQ09 IRQ10 IRQ11 IRQ12 IRQ13 IRQ14 IRQ15 INTERRUPT DEVICE Real-time clock Audio (available on non-multimedia systems) Available Network interface board PS/2 mouse Coprocessor Primary IDE Secondary IDE B-2 Reviewing System Interrupts C Limited Warranty NEC Computer Systems Division, Packard Bell NEC, Inc. (hereinafter "NECCSD") warrants this Product to be free from defects in material and workmanship under the following terms: HOW LONG IS THE WARRANTY? Labor and parts are warranted for three (3) years from the date of the first consumer purchase in the U. S. A. Spare parts are warranted for ninety (90) days. WHO IS PROTECTED? This warranty is non-transferable and may be enforced only by the first consumer purchaser. WHAT IS COVERED AND WHAT IS NOT COVERED? Except as specified below, this warranty covers all defects in material and workmanship in the PowerMate ETC Series Desktop Computer. 1. Any Product on which the serial number has been defaced, modified or removed. Limited Warranty C-1 3. [. . . ]