beautypg.com

Using ide drives setup, Selecting a startup device, Selecting a temporary startup device – IBM THINKCENTRE 8086 User Manual

Page 41: Changing the startup sequence, Using, Drives, Setup, Selecting, Startup, Device

background image

Using

IDE

Drives

Setup

In

addition

to

listing

the

different

IDE

devices,

there

are

options

for

configuring

the

serial

and

parallel

IDE

controllers.

Parallel

ATA

This

setting

allows

the

user

to

disable

one

or

both

of

the

parallel

IDE

controllers.

Serial

ATA

This

setting

allows

the

user

to

disable

the

serial

ATA

controller.

Native

Mode

Operation

This

setting

is

only

available

when

the

serial

ATA

controller

is

enabled.

This

allows

the

user

to

specify

whether

the

parallel

and

serial

ATA

controllers

will

operate

in

″legacy″

or

″native″

mode.

By

default,

they

will

operate

in

native

mode

unless

both

parallel

ATA

controllers

are

populated

and

a

serial

ATA

drive

is

present.

Then

the

serial

ATA

drive

will

become

″native″

mode.

The

user

can

select

Automatic

or

the

serial

ATA

controller

to

run

in

″native″

mode.

However,

running

in

″native″

mode

might

not

work

with

older

operating

systems.

To

configure

IDE

Drives

Setup,

do

the

following:

1.

Start

the

IBM

Setup

Utility

program

(see

“Starting

the

IBM

Setup

Utility

program”

on

page

25).

2.

From

the

IBM

Setup

Utility

program

menu,

select

Devices

.

3.

Select

IDE

Drives

Setup

.

4.

Select

the

desired

devices

and

settings

and

press

Enter.

5.

Return

to

the

IBM

Setup

Utility

program

menu

and

select

Exit

and

then

Save

Settings

.

Selecting

a

startup

device

If

your

computer

does

not

start

up

(boot)

from

a

device

such

as

the

CD-ROM,

diskette,

or

hard

disk

as

expected,

use

one

of

the

following

procedures

to

select

a

startup

device.

Selecting

a

temporary

startup

device

Use

this

procedure

to

startup

from

any

boot

device.

Note:

Not

all

CDs

and

hard

disks

are

startable

(bootable).

1.

Turn

off

your

computer.

2.

Press

and

hold

the

F12

key

then

turn

on

your

computer.

When

the

Startup

Device

Menu

displays,

release

the

F12

key.

Note:

If

you

have

a

USB

keyboard

installed

on

your

computer,

turn

on

the

computer

and

then

press

F12

until

the

Startup

Device

Menu

displays.

3.

Select

the

desired

startup

device

from

the

Startup

Device

Menu

and

press

Enter

to

begin.

Note:

Selecting

a

startup

device

from

the

Startup

Device

Menu

does

not

permanently

change

the

startup

sequence.

Changing

the

startup

sequence

To

view

or

change

the

primary

or

automatic

power-on

startup

sequence,

do

the

following:

Chapter

2.

Using

the

IBM

Setup

Utility

program

27

This manual is related to the following products: