Acura Embedded PowerBrick 3.0 - Manual (Page 5)

PowerBrick Quick Reference Manual
Figure 2.4: Rubber-Mounting plate
Connect all final wiring in a neat way, fastening it down with tie
straps or other means to ensure that it does not get caught and
broken accidentally. Your car electrician will know appropriate ways
to do this.
3. Technical Information
3.1 BIOS Setup
The single board computer uses the AMI BIOS (Basic Input/Output
System) for the system configuration. The AMI BIOS in the single board
computer is a customized version of the industrial standard BIOS for IBM
PC AT-compatible computers. It supports Intel x86 and compatible CPU
architecture based processors and computers. The BIOS provides critical
low-level support for the system central processing, memory and I/O
sub-systems. The BIOS setup program of the single board computer let
the customers modify the basic configuration setting. The settings are
stored in a dedicated battery-backed memory, NVRAM, retains the
information when the power is turned off. If the battery runs out of the
power, then the settings of BIOS will come back to the default setting. The
BIOS section of the manual is subject to change without notice and is
provided here for reference purpose only. The settings and configurations
of the BIOS are current at the time of print, and therefore they may not be
exactly the same as that displayed on your screen. To activate CMOS
Setup program, press <DEL> key immediately after you turn on the
system. The following message “Press DEL to enter SETUP” should
appear in the lower left hand corner of your screen. When you enter the
CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will be displayed as in Table 3.2. You
can use arrow keys to select your function, press <Enter> key to accept
selection and enter the sub-menu.
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Table 3.1: AMI BIOS CMOS Setup Utility
3.2 Operating Systems
The PowerBrick will generally be provided with a preinstalled operating
system such as Windows XP Professional, Embedded or Linux. To restore
the operating system, follow the procedure outlined in 3.4. You can also
use an external CD-ROM drive to change, reinstall or repair the operating
system through a USB 2.0 port.
3.3. Operating System Restore Process
1. Back up your existing drive C:\ files.
2. Restart the computer.
3. Hold down the F8 key to enter Windows Advanced Boot Menu
options.
4. Select “Return to OS Choices” and press “Enter”.
5. Select “Quick Restore Option”, press “Enter” and follow the
instructions.
6. After re-boot, Click on the “Touchware” Icon on desktop to
Calibrate the touch screen by following the instructions.
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