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| NOTE | This feature allows you to use any one of the three common formats |
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| available for CompactFlash cards without having to |
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| CompactFlash card before you can use it on the LittleBoard 550. The |
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| LBA (Logical Block Address) is set as the default format because it can |
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| handle larger drives and is the newest format available, but may not be |
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| the one used to format your CompactFlash card. The other common |
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| formats that may be encountered are the Physical (below 512MB) or |
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| Phoenix (physical above 512MB) formats. |
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User Interface Options
•Keyboard and Mouse (Configuration)
♦Numlock – [Disabled] or [Enabled]
♦Typematic – [Disabled] or [Enabled] This field is used for the keyboard.
•Delay – [250ms], [500ms], [750ms], or [1000ms]
This field is used for the keyboard and determines how many milliseconds the keyboard controller waits before stating to repeat a key, if the key is held down on the keyboard.
•Rate – [30cps], [24cps], [20cps], [15cps], [12cps], [10cps], [8cps], or [6cps]
This is a keyboard field and determines the rate, in characters per second, the keyboard controller will repeat a key, if the key is held down on the keyboard.
♦Initialize PS/2 Mouse – [Disabled] or [Enabled]
If this field is set to [Enabled], the BIOS will initialize the PS/2 mouse.
If the PS/2 mouse is [Disabled], then the BIOS will not initialize the PS/2 mouse, which may not be recognized by the Operating System.
•User Interface
♦Show “Hit <Del>…” – [Disabled] or [Enabled]
This field, if Enabled, will place “Hit Del” on screen during the boot process, to indicate when you may press “Del” to enter the BIOS Setup menus.
♦F1 Error Wait – [Disabled] or [Enabled]
If this field is [Enabled], the BIOS will display an Error message indicating when an error has occurred during POST (power on self test) and wait for you to respond by hitting the F1 key.
If [Disabled], and an error occurs during POST, the BIOS will attempt to continue the boot process.
♦Config Box – [Disabled] or [Enabled]
This field, if Enabled, displays the Configuration Summary Box, which list all of the configuration information for the system, at the completion of POST, but before the Operating System is loaded.
♦Splash Screen – [Disabled] or [Enabled]
•If Splash Screen is [Enabled] it stays on screen, until the booted Operating System changes it, if the Config Box option is Disabled.
•If Config Box option is [Enabled], the Splash Screen stays on screen until the Config Box is displayed.
The Splash Screen is a graphical image displayed as the default (Ampro Splash Screen) or a user customized image on screen. Refer to the Splash Screen Customization topic later in this chapter for instructions on how to customize the splash screen.
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