As seen below, users can define the boot sequence of the bootable devices. This section enables a user to configure how the computer and its peripherals should load during the boot process. The final section in this example of the Phoenix BIOS is the Boot menu. Because this section really has no more than disabling and enabling power management and the hardware with power management features, this illustration is not shown. The next section, or Power menu, enables a user to enable and disable the power management options on the computer.
The Diskette Options enables you to enable, disable, and change settings relating to the diskette drive connected to the computer. The IDE configuration allows a user to define or change any values relating to IDE devices connected to the computer (e.g., hard drive and CD-ROM drive).
The Peripheral Configuration section contains options for the computer's serial ports, parallel ports, and legacy USB ports. As shown, this menu is broken down into six additional sub-menus that enable you to change settings for each of the different categories. The Advanced menu, as shown below, allows you to change the system settings. In the below illustration of the Main menu portion of the BIOS, a user can see the computer specifications and change the time, date, and other system specific settings. As you can see in the picture below, this BIOS is broken up into different menus. These pictures are meant to provide you with a general idea of what to look for in the Phoenix BIOS.īelow are example pictures of the Phoenix BIOS setup screens. The version of the Phoenix BIOS on your computer may be different, and therefore it could look different than shown in these pictures. The pictures included in this section are from one version of the Phoenix BIOS.