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Appendix B: BIOS Operation
The EPIC/CE comes with Phoenix BIOS 4.0, Release 6.1, which is located in the onboard Flash EEPROM in
compressed from. The device has an 8-bit access. The shadow RAM feature offers faster access (16 bit).
You can update the BIOS using a Flash utility. For complete Phoenix BIOS 4.0 information, visit the
Phoenix Technologies Web site.
24.1
Determining the BIOS Version
To determine the BIOS version of the EPIC/CE, immediately press the <
Pause/Break
> key on your
keyboard as soon as you see the following text display in the upper left corner of your screen:
PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.1
Copyright 1985-2003 Phoenix Technology Ltd.
All
Rights
Reserved
Kontron(R) BIOS Version <E815R111>
Copyright 2002-2005 Kontron Embedded Modules GmbH
Whenever you contact technical support about BIOS issues, providing a BIOS version <E815R???> is
especially helpful.
The system BIOS provides additional information about the board’s serial number, CPU, and memory
information by displaying information similar to the following:
S/N:
EPA010002
CPU = Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(TM) CPU 733MHz
254M System RAM Passed
256K Cache SRAM Passed
System BIOS shadowed
Video BIOS shadowed
UMB upper limit segment address: E4D4
The board’s serial number has valuable information for technical support. EPIC/CE serial numbers always
start with EP and are followed by a character and six digits. The first three positions represent the lot
number (here A01), and the last four digits are the number of the board in that lot (here board number
2).
24.2
Configuring the System BIOS
The Phoenix BIOS setup utility allows you to change system behavior by modifying the BIOS
configuration. Setup-utility menus allow you to make changes and turn features on or off.
BIOS setup menus represent those found in most models of the EPIC/CE
.
The BIOS setup utility for
specific models can differ slightly.
Note:
Selecting incorrect values can cause system boot failure. Load setup-default values to recover by pressing
<
F9
>.
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