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B • Appendix B: AMI BIOS Setup Utility
This appendix gives a brief description of the setup options in the system BIOS.
Due to the custom nature of GE Intelligent Platforms' Single Board Computers,
your BIOS options may vary from the options discussed in this appendix.
AMI refers to their BIOS setup screens as ezPORT.
To Access the First Boot setup screen press the
To access the ezPORT setup screens, press the
These setup screens have two main areas. The left frame displays all the options
that can be configured. "Grayed-out" options cannot be configured. Options in
blue can be configured. The right frame displays the key legend. Above the key
legend is an area reserved for a text message. When an option is selected in the
left frame, it is highlighted in white and a text message in the right frame gives a
brief description of the option.
B.1 Popup Boot Menu
If the user wishes to boot from a device not currently selected as the first device in
the boot list in setup, there is a shortcut to avoid entering setup to change the list.
The user can press F11 from power-up until the boot menu appears. This menu
lists all currently enabled boot devices (such as hard drives, enabled network
controller option ROMs, USB flash drives or other USB bootable devices). The
user selects the desired boot device and the system attempts to boot from that
device. If the Onboard Devices (see Chipset Setup on page 74) are not enabled, they
do not appear in the boot menu.
This feature is useful when installing from a bootable disk. For example, when
installing Windows XP from a CD, enter the Popup Boot menu and use the arrow
keys to highlight ATAPI CD-ROM Drive. Press
If you have trouble accessing this feature, disable the QuickBoot Mode in the Boot
BIOS setup screen. Exit, saving changes and retry accessing the Popup Boot
menu.
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NOTE
This is a one-time request; the setup-defined boot order is not changed for subsequent boots. Note
also that if some devices are not bootable (such as a USB drive, or a USB floppy with a non-
bootable disk), the system will not attempt to use another boot device.
key at the beginning of boot.
F11
key at the beginning of boot.
DEL
to continue with system boot.
ENTER
Please select boot device:
1. + Removable Devices:
2. ATAPI CD-ROM Drive
3. MBA UNDI (Bus 1 Slot 6) LAN 1
↑ and ↓ to move selection
Enter to select boot device
ESC to boot using defaults
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