IBM Aptiva 2158 Hardware Maintenance Service

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General Information 15To view the video information such as the video controller and video memory,select the video information option from the setup menu.Select primary display adapter to initialize onboard VGA as the boot displaydevice. Select Auto to initialize PCI add-on VGA card as the boot displaydevice if a PCI add-on card is found; otherwise, onboard VGA will be initialized.To view the computer information such as the model number, serial number,and BIOS version and date, select the Model Information option from the Setupmain menu. Like in the System Information menu, the items displayed are notconfigurable.Disk DrivesIf you install a new diskette, hard disk, or CD/DVD-ROM drive, BIOS auto-detects the presence of these devices. Enter Setup to identify or verify the typeof drive installed in the computer.If you want to change any drive setting, select Disk Drives from the main menu.The Disk Drives menu appears showing the diskette drive and IDE driveparameters.Diskette Drive AThis option displays the size and storage capacity of the currently installeddiskette drive. Empty drive bays are indicated with a “None” setting.LS-120 Drive AsThis option allows user to set for the LS-120 drive. Empty drive bays areindicated with a “Normal” setting. Its possible settings are:Normal The LS-120 drive is configured by Windows 98 and acts as an ATAPIremoval media.Drive A System recognizes the LS-120 drive as drive number 0 (drive A). If astandard diskette drive A exists, system automatically identifies it as drive B.Drive B System recognizes the LS-120 drive as drive B.ATTENTION: If “Boot Sequence” in “Startup Options” is set to CD-ROM and abootable CD is loaded, BIOS identifies LS-120 (original set as drive A)as drive B and the standard diskette drive becomes inaccessible.IDE Hard Disk and CD/DVD-ROM DrivesThe Disk Drives menu includes four IDE drive items that allow you to configurethe hard disk drives and the CD/DVD-ROM drive. Selecting any one of theseitems displays a submenu with details on a particular IDE drive.