Setup and Operation 2-19How to Use SetupThe Setup utility has a Main Menu window and six top-level menus with submenus. TheMain Menu window contains the following areas: A title line the top line of the Main Menu. This line displays the Setup utilityname and copyright message. The menu bar the line under the Setup title line. The menu bar contains six top-level menus (Main, Advanced, Security, Power, Boot, Exit) for setting systemparameters. A Main Menu summary window the center area on the left side of the screen.This area provides a summary of Main Menu Setup parameters. Main Menuparameters can be set directly from this window or from the Main menu option inthe legend bar. The Field Help window or Item Specific Help the area on the right side of thescreen. This help area provides help information for the Setup option currentlyselected. The legend bar the area at the bottom of the screen. The legend bar provides asummary of command keys for using Setup. The General Help window a window that appears any time during Setup afterpressing F1 or Alt H . This help window provides two pages of generalinformation about using Setup.The following subsections describe how to use the Main Menu window to set systemparameters.Menu BarThe menu bar at the top of the Main Menu window lists these menus: Main Use this menu for basic system configuration. For example, select Mainto set the system time, system date, diskette drives, hard disk drives, boot options,keyboard options, and video parameters. Use this menu to check memoryparameters. Advanced Use this menu to set serial port and printer port addresses andinterrupts, 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 settingparameters for large disks.Some of the Advanced features are accessible only with a Supervisor passwordwhen the Supervisor password is set.
