Gigabyte GA-VM800PMC Drive a, Floppy 3 Mode Support for Japan Area, Halt on, Base Memory

Capacity Capacity of currently installed hard disk.

Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing. Enter the appropriate option based on this information.

Cylinder	Number of cylinders
Head	Number of heads
Precomp	Write precomp
Landing Zone	Landing zone
Sector	Number of sectors

Drive A

The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A that has been installed in the computer.

None	No floppy drive installed
360K, 5.25"	5.25 inch PC-type standard drive; 360K byte capacity.
1.2M, 5.25"	5.25 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2M byte capacity
	(3.5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled).
720K, 3.5"	3.5	inch double-sided drive; 720K byte capacity
1.44M, 3.5"	3.5	inch double-sided drive; 1.44M byte capacity. (Default value)
2.88M, 3.5"	3.5	inch double-sided drive; 2.88M byte capacity.

Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Japan Area)

Disabled	Normal Floppy Drive. (Default value)
Drive A	Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive.

Halt on

The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up.

No Errors	The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detected and you
	will be prompted.
All Errors	Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system will be stopped.
All, But Keyboard	The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; it will stop for all other
	errors. (Default value)
All, But Diskette	The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors.
All, But Disk/Key	The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error; it will stop for all
	other errors.

Memory

The category is display-only which is determined by POST (Power On Self Test) of the BIOS.

Base Memory

The POST of the BIOS will determine the amount of base (or conventional) memory installed in the system.

The value of the base memory is typically 512K for systems with 512K memory installed on the motherboard, or 640K for systems with 640K or more memory installed on the motherboard.

Extended Memory

The BIOS determines how much extended memory is present during the POST.

This is the amount of memory located above 1 MB in the CPU's memory address map.

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