BIOS Setup
3.1.2.13 Typematic Rate Setting
Disabled Continually holding down a key on your keyboard will cause the BIOS to report that the key is down.
Enabled The BIOS will not only report that the key is down, but will first wait for a moment, and, if the key is still down, it will begin to report that the key has been depressed repeatedly. For example, you would use such a feature to accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys. You can then select the typematic rate and typematic delay in the “Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)” and “Typematic Delay (Msec)” fields below.
3.1.2.14 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
This field allows you to select the rate at which the keys are accelerated.
3.1.2.15 Typematic Delay (Msec)
This field allows you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the acceleration begins.
3.1.2.16 Security Option
This field determines when the system will prompt for the password
-everytime the system boots or only when you enter the BIOS setup. Set the password in the Set Supervisor/User Password submenu.
System The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt.
Setup The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied unless the correct password is entered at the prompt.
3.1.2.17 APIC Mode
Leave this field in its default setting.
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