Advanced Menu Options
Options in the Advanced menu are described in Table
Table 3-3. BIOS Setup Advanced Menu Options
Option | Settings | Description |
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Plug & Play OS | No | Determines whether BIOS support for Plug and Play |
| Yes | device configuration is enabled. |
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| Select [Yes] if your operating system supports Plug |
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| and Play configuration. Select [No] if your operating |
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| system does not support Plug and Play |
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| configuration. (Windows 98 and Windows 2000 |
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| support Plug and Play configuration.) |
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| If this option is set to [Yes], the BIOS only enables |
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| devices required to boot the system; further |
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| configuration is performed by the operating system. |
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Protected Device Configurations | No | Select [Yes] to prevent a Plug and Play operating |
| Yes | system from changing device configuration settings. |
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| Select [No] to allow a Plug and Play operating |
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| system to configure system devices. |
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Serial/Parallel Port |
| Enter this submenu to configure peripheral |
Configurations Submenu |
| interfaces. (See “Serial/Parallel Port Configurations |
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| Submenu Options” on page 11 for details.) |
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Keyboard/Mouse |
| Enter this submenu to configure the system |
Features Submenu |
| keyboard and mouse. (See ““Keyboard/Mouse |
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| Features Submenu Options” on page 13 for details). |
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Video Features Submenu |
| Enter this submenu to configure system resources |
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| for the video controller. (See “Video Features |
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| Submenu Options” on page 14 for details.) |
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Internal Device |
| Enter this menu to configure additional device |
Configurations Submenu |
| controllers. (See “Internal Device Configurations |
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| Submenu Options” on page 15 for details.) |
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PCI Configurations Submenu |
| Enter this menu to reserve specific IRQs for use by |
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| ISA devices. (See “PCI Configuration Submenu |
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| Options” on page 16 for details.) |
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CPU Features Submenu |
| Enter this submenu to change CPU serial number |
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| features. (See “CPU Features Submenu Options” on |
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| page 17 for details). |
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Event Logging Submenu |
| Enter this submenu to view the Event Log features. |
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| (See “Event Logging Submenu Options” on page 17 |
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| for details). |
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Hotpad | Disabled | This setting determines whether the following |
| Enabled | hotpads are enabled: Speaker On/Mute, Volume Up/ |
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| Down, Display Select, and Brightness Up/Down. |
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BIOS Setup | 10 |