Chapter 3 Amibios Setup; Overview; Starting Amibios Setup - American Megatrends Olympus III User Manual

Chapter 3

Overview

In PCI servers, the system parameters (such as amount of memory, type of disk drives
and video displays, and many other elements) are stored in CMOS RAM. Unlike the
system memory that is used for standard system memory, CMOS RAM requires very
little power. When the server is powered off, a back-up battery provides power to CMOS
RAM that retains the system parameters. Every time the server is powered on, the server
is configured with the values stored in CMOS RAM by the system BIOS, which gains
control when the server is powered on.
The system parameters are configured by a system BIOS Setup utility. Historically, BIOS
setup utilities have been character-based, required keyboard input, and have had user
interfaces that were not very intuitive. The BIOS chips acts as an interface between the
processor and the rest of the server board's components. This chapter describes the
parameters in the AMIBIOS Setup Utility and explains how to modify the settings for the
configuration of your Olympus III motherboard.
The default settings are sufficient for most system operations. Changes to the default settings can affect
the performance/reliability/stability of your Olympus III motherboard.

Starting AMIBIOS Setup

AMIBIOS(C)2003 Amrican Megatrends, Inc.
BIOS Date: 10/23/03 13:26:09 Ver: 08.00.10
CPU : Intel(R)Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.06GHz
Speed : 3.06 GHz
Press DEL to run Setup (F4 On Remote Keyboard)
DDR Frequency 333 Mhz, Single-Channel or Virtual Single-Channel
Checking NVRAM...
Initializing USB Controllers .. Done
512MB OK
Auto-Detecting Pri Master...IDE Hard Disk
Pri MAster: ST34311A 6.01
Auto-detecting USB Mass Storage Devices ..
00 USB mass storage devices found and configured.
(C) American Megatrends, Inc.
63-0100-000001-00101111-102303-CANTERWOOD-AMI87527-Y2KC
As POST executes, press the <DEL> key to enter the AMIBIOS Setup Utility.
AMIBIOS Setup
Caution
Ultra DMA Mode-2. S.M.A.R.T. Capable and Status OK
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Chapter Three : AMIBIOS Setup
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