Iridium Starbook 500 BIOS Settings
To get into the BIOS setup press CTRL, ALT and S together when prompted, shortly after switching the computer on.
These settings are how the computer is set up when shipped from Iridium – they may not be perfect for your situation and so are listed here only as a guide.
| Startup | |||
| Date and Time | current settings | ||
| Fast Boot | tick | ||
| Boot Device | 1st Boot | CD-ROM | |
| 2nd Boot | Diskette A | ||
| 3rd Boot | Hard Disk C | ||
| Display | LCD+CRT | ||
| Enable Battery Low Beep | tick | ||
| Enable LCD Expand Mode | tick | ||
| Enable Power On Beep | tick | ||
| Enable PNP OS Support | tick | ||
| Memory | |||
| Cache Systems | L1 Cache | Write Back | |
| L2 Cache | Write Back | ||
| BIOS Shadow | Not Cached | ||
| Video Shadow | Not Cached | ||
| Disks | |||
| Enable LS120/ZIP100 Drive | - | ||
| Diskette Drives | 1.44Mb | ||
| IDE Settings | Primary HDD | Drive Enabled X | |
| PIO Mode X | |||
| CD-ROM/ DVD ROM | Drive Enabled X | ||
| PIO Mode X | |||
| LS120/ZIP/2nd HDD | Drive Enabled [ ] | ||
| PIO Mode X | |||
| Components | |||
| Com Ports | COM A IO Settings | COM1, 3F8, IRQ4 | |
| COM B IO Settings | COM2, 2F8, IRQ3 | ||
| Mode Settings for COM B | IrDA (HPSIR) | ||
| LPT Port | Port Address | LPT1, Addr 378, IRQ7 | |
| Port Definition | Standard AT | ||
| PS/2 Mouse Port | tick | ||
| Microsoft Intellimouse Support | - | ||
| Keyboard Numlock | tick | ||
| Keyboard Repeat | Key Repeat Rate | 10cps | |
| Key Delay | ½ Sec | ||
| TV Mode | PAL | ||
| Power | |||
| Enable Power Saving | - | ||
| Customise | tick | ||
| Disk Standby | Always On | ||
| Global Standby | Always On | ||
| Suspend Controls | Power Button Function | Power On/Off | |
| Suspend Type | Powered On Suspend | ||
| Suspend Timeout | Never | ||
| Resume Timer | Alarm Resume | Disable | |
| Enable MODEM Ring Resume | - | ||
| Enable Battery Low Suspend | - | ||
| Advance CPU Controls | Clock Control Mechanism | Full Speed |