IBM Aptiva 2142 Hardware Maintenance Service

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Startup Options: This screen provides information about the computerpower-on (startup) sequence. When you power the computer on, it looks forthe operating system files. Use the Startup Sequence option to tell thecomputer where to look for these files. The computer can search for thesefiles on a diskette, an adapter card, a network, or a hard disk.The system’s startup sequence automatically looks for the operating systemfiles on the hard disk if the files are not found on diskette.Model Information: This screen provides model number, serial number,BIOS version level number, and BIOS manufacturing date.Date and Time: This screen allows you to change the date and time on thecomputer. The changes take effect immediately. Type the date in theformat shown on the screen.Type the time in 24-hour format. For example:12 midnight is :12 noon is 12:1 p.m. is 13:Advanced Options: This screen provides the following features that thecomputer supports.Security options (power on password, diskette drive, keyboard)Power On Password is the option that allows you to create a power onpassword to restrict the use of the computer. Each time the computer ispowered on, you must enter this password before you can use thecomputer. A password can be up to seven characters long (letters,numbers, or both). Once you create the password, be sure to write itdown and put it in a secure place.Diskette Drive Access allows you to enable or disable the diskette driveaccess.Operate without Keyboard allows you the enable or disable thekeyboard.Operate without Diskette Drive(s) allows you to enable or disable thediskette drive.Cache options (cache size, cache state)This option shows the amount of internal cache memory in thecomputer’s processor. You cannot add internal cache memory to thecomputer.General Information 1-23All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com