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Altair User Manual Rev A.02
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6.
BIOS
Altair’s BIOS provides access to many valuable features. These instructions show how to enter the BIOS, set up
features, and restore the BIOS to its default settings.
6.1 Entering the BIOS
The BIOS may be entered during startup by pressing the
DEL/F2
key on an attached keyboard. Press the key
repeatedly right after power-on or reset until the BIOS screen appears.
After a certain amount of time during startup, the BIOS will ignore the DEL or F2 key. If you wait too long and the
system does not respond, simply reset the system (or power down) and try again.
6.2 Restoring Default BIOS Settings
In order to load the default BIOS settings, enter the BIOS settings and select
Save and Exit
menu. Then select
Restore Defaults, and save/exit. This will restore the BIOS to the default state.
6.3 Setting the Date and Time
The date and time are set in the BIOS. Select
Main
menu, then enter the date and time at the bottom of the
screen. This screen also displays the CPU speed and memory capacity of the board.
6.4 Boot Priority
To select Boot devices and set their priority, go to the
Boot
menu. Set the boot option priorities on this page.
6.5 Chipset
The chipset menu is provided to define and change the North / South Bridge options such as Graphic Adapter
Modes, flat panel type (default is 800x600) etc.,
The Chipset menu also has various other options such as GPIO settings, enabling/disabling the audio controllers,
PCIe root port configurations.
6.1 Console Redirection
In the
Advanced
menu, the user can select any of the serial ports for console redirection with different speeds
ranging from 115200bps to 9600bps. Select the Serial Port Console Redirection sub menu.
When set to Enabled, the console re-direction is activated on COM1 by default at 115200,n,8,1 communication
settings. The remote access configuration can be enabled on any of the four COM ports. Baud rates supported
are 115200 (default when enabled), 57600, 38400, 19200 and 9600.
6.2
Viewing and Modifying the BIOS Settings
During board startup, press function key <F2> to enter BIOS setup mode.
The main page displays the following menu options:
Main
Advanced
GPIO Wake Configuration
Chipset
Boot
Security
Save & Exit
Select the menu option to view or modify the BIOS settings for the desired configuration area. The screens
displayed for each area are described, below.