Publication No. HRMCP9 Rev. B
Installation 29
3.6 Initial Power-On Operation
After some seconds, the CR9 system BIOS banner will display on the and the red
LED on the front will get non-blinking green.
If you have seen all the messages to this point, you can be confident that the board is
running properly and is ready to be installed and setup for your application.
3.6.1
Entering the BIOS SETUP
To enter SETUP during the initial power-on sequence press the DELETE key during
the boot up sequence. Check the on-screen messages. This tells you when you can
enter the BIOS by pressing the DELETE key. If this message does not appear on your
monitor, just press the DELETE key when you hear short beeps indicating the
keyboard was initialized. You may also press the DELETE key when the LED goes
from blinking orange to blinking green.
Consult the 'AMI-BIOS for CR9, CP9, CT9 User’s and Programmer’s Manual' for
further information on how to change settings and configurations.
If the board does not perform as described above, some damage may have occurred
in shipping or the board is not installed or setup properly. Contact Abaco technical
Technical Support Contact Information
instructions.
If the BIOS setup is wrong in the CMOS RAM, then please press the ‘0/INS’key or
the ‘INS’ key during boot up. This clears the CMOS settings and stops the video
output at an early stage. There you can also see the BIOS ID line.
Example/coding of the ID line:
Table 3-1 BIOS ID Line
62 – 0102 –
004199 –
00101111 –
071595 -
E7501 – CR9–
Y2KC-0
year 2000 compliant
project ID
Chip set
AMIBIOS core copyright date
BIOS features
supplier ID
major & minor BIOS revisions
processor, flash ROM size