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Chapter 2

Installation and Configuration

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IDE Channel 0 Master—These items display the IDE/ATA devices
detected in the system. Normally, you do not need to modify these
items. However, if an IDE/ATA device is not autodetected properly,
you can specify it manually by pressing on an item.

System Information—This setting displays a screen containing
important system information about the NI PXI-8104 controller.

Advanced Setup Menu

This menu contains BIOS settings that normally do not require
modification. If you have specific problems such as unbootable disks
or resource conflicts, you may need to examine these settings.

Caution

Changing settings in this menu may result in an unstable or unbootable controller.

If this happens, follow the procedures outlined in the

System CMOS

section to restore

BIOS settings to their factory defaults.

The Advanced setup menu includes the following settings:

Reset Configuration Data—A portion of the EEPROM on the
controller is designated as the Extended System Configuration Data
region (ESCD). The BIOS and Plug-and-Play operating systems use
this table to store the Last Known Good configuration of system
peripherals. If you experience resource conflicts or peripheral
malfunction, set this setting to Yes to force the BIOS to recreate the
ESCD on the next reboot. This is rarely necessary.

Integrated Peripherals—Use this setting to bring up the Integrated
Peripherals
submenu. (Refer to the

Integrated Peripherals Submenu

section.)

Quick Boot Mode—When you enable this option, certain lengthy
BIOS tests that rarely fail are skipped to shorten controller boot time.
The default is Enabled.

Summary Screen—This setting controls the display of the summary
screen shown after BIOS completes its initialization, but before
booting takes place. You can disable this screen in the interest of
shortening controller boot time. The default is Disabled.

PXE Network Boot—This setting enables the option for booting from
a network PXE server on the subnet. The default is Disabled.