Parameter | Description | Options |
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Quick Power On Self Test | This parameter speeds up POST by skipping some | Enabled |
| items that are normally checked. | Disabled |
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First Boot Device | This parameter allows you to specify the system | Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, |
| boot up search sequence. | |
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| board |
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| Disabled |
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Second Boot Device | This parameter allows you to specify the system | Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, |
| boot up search sequence. | |
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| board |
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| Disabled |
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Third Boot Device | This parameter allows you to specify the system | Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CD- |
| boot up search sequence. | ROM, ZIP100, LAN (on board |
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| |
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| Disabled |
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Boot Other Device | This parameter allows you to specify the system | Enabled |
| boot up search sequence. | Disabled |
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Swap Floppy Drive | Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drive a: and b:. | Enabled |
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| Disabled |
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Boot Up Floppy Seek | Setting to Enabled will make BIOS seek floppy | Enabled |
| drive a: before booting the system. | Disabled |
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Boot Up NumLock Status | Sets the NumLock status when the system is | On |
| powered on. Setting to On will turn on the NumLock | Off |
| key when the system is powered on. Setting to Off |
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| will allows users to use the arrow keys on the |
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| numeric keypad. |
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Gate A20 Option | This item is to set the Gate A20 status. A20 refers | Fast |
| to the first 64KB of extended memory. When the | Normal |
| default value Fast is selected, the Gate A20 is |
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| controlled by port 92 or chipset specific method |
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| resulting in faster system performance. When |
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| Normal is selected, A20 is controlled by a keyboard |
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| controller or chipset hardware. |
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Typematic Rate Setting | This item is used to enable or disable the typematic | Enabled |
| rate setting including Typematic Rate and | Disabled |
| Typematic Delay. |
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Typematic Rate | After Typematic Rate Setting is enabled, this item | Settings: 6,8,10,12,15,20,24 |
| allows you to set the rate (characters/second) at | and 30. |
| which at keys are accelerated. |
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Typematic Delay | This item allows you to select the delay between | Settings: 250, 500, 750 and |
| when the key was first pressed and when the | 1000. |
| acceleration begins |
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Security Option | Specifies the type of BIOS password protection that | Setup |
| is implemented. | System |
| Setup means that the password prompt appears |
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| only when end users try to run Setup. |
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| System means that a password prompt appears |
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| every time when the computer is powered on or |
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| when end users try to run Setup. |
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APIC Mode | This field is used to enable or disable the APIC | Enabled |
| (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). | Disabled |
| Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide, the |
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| system is able to run in APIC mode. Enabling APIC |
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| mode will expand available IRQ resources from the |
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| system. |
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