Recovering System Bios - Switch 1; Write Protection For System Bios - Switch 3; Write Protection For Floppy Disk Drive - Switch 4; Clock Speed - Switch 5, 6, 7 And 8 - Siemens D992 Technical Manual

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Recovering System BIOS - switch 1

Switch 1 enables recovery of the old system BIOS after an attempt to update has failed.
To restore the old BIOS you need a Flash BIOS Diskette (call customer service). The
existing BIOS settings are meaningless for restoring the system BIOS (e.g. the
menu in the
Flash Write
The System BIOS is started with the system BIOS from the system board
OFF
(default setting).
The system is started from the Flash BIOS Diskette in drive A. A recovery
ON
of the system BIOS is executed.
If switch 1 is set to
i

Write protection for System BIOS - switch 3

Switch 3 enables and disables system BIOS updating. Before an update of the system
BIOS can be carried out, write protection for the system BIOS must also be disabled in
the
(in the
BIOS Setup
to update your system BIOS, please consult our customer service.
System BIOS can be overwritten (default setting).
OFF
System BIOS is write protected.
ON

Write protection for floppy disk drive - switch 4

Switch 4 is used to define whether floppy disks can be written or deleted in the floppy
disk drive. To write and delete floppy disks, the write protection in
disabled (in menu
Read, write and delete floppy disks is possible (default setting).
OFF
The floppy disk drive is write-protected.
ON

Clock speed - switch 5, 6, 7 and 8

The switch may only be set as specified in the table below for the
!
particular processors used.
processor
233 MHz
266 MHz
300 MHz
333 MHz
A26361-D992-Z121-2-7419
field).
, switch 3 must be set to
ON
, the
Security menu
, the field
Security
Diskette Write
switch 5
on
on
on
on
field must be set to
Flash Write
must be set to
switch 6
switch 7
off
on
off
on
Settings on the system board
.
OFF (OPEN)
Enabled
BIOS setup
).
Enabled
switch 8
off
on
on
off
Security
). If you wish
must be
on
off
off
off
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