Selection of the command “Disabled” will speed the boot up. Selection of “Enabled” searches disk drives during boot up.
4.4.7 Boot Up NumLock Status
This feature selects the “power on” state for NumLock. The commands are “Enabled” or “Disabled.”
4.4.8 Gate A20 Option
Normal:A pin in keyboard controller controls GateA20
Fast (Default):Chipset controls GateA20.
4.4.9 Typematic Rate Setting
The typematic rate is the rate key strokes repeat as determined by the key- board controller. The commands are “Enabled” or “Disabled.”
Enabling allows the typematic rate and delay to be selected.
4.4.10 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
Accepts the following input values (characters/second) for typematic rate: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30.
4.4.11 Typematic Delay (msec)
Typematic delay is the time interval between the appearances of two con- secutive characters, when holding down a key. The input values for this category are: 250, 500, 750, 1000 (msec).
4.4.12 Security Option
This setting determines whether the system will boot up if the password is denied. Access to Setup is always limited.
System | The system will not boot, and access to Setup will be denied |
| if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. |
Setup | The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the |
| correct password is not entered at the prompt. |
Note: | To disable security, select “PASSWORD SETTING” in the |
| main menu. At this point, you will be asked to enter a pass- |
| word. Simply press <Enter> to disable security. When secu- |
| rity is disabled, the system will boot, and you can enter Setup |
| freely. |
4.4.13 APIC Mode
This setting allows selecting an OS with greater than 64MB of RAM.Commands are
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