PC 817
2
User
’
s
Manua
l
38
Phoeni
x
-
Award BIOS Util
i
t
y
a
First
/
Second/Third
Boot
Dev
i
ce
These
items
le
t
you
selec
t
the
1st,
2nd,
and
3rd
devices
t
hat
the
system
will
search
for
during
its
boot-up
sequence.
The
wide
range of
selection
includes
Floppy
,
LS120,
ZIP100,
HDD0~3,
SCS
I,
and
CDROM.
a
Boot
Other
Dev
i
ce
This
item
allows
the
user
t
o
enable/disable
t
he
boot
device
not
lis
t
ed
on
t
he
First
/
Second/Third
boot
devices
option
above.
The
default
se
tt
ing
is
“Enabled”
.
a
Boot
Up
Floppy
Seek
During
POST,
B
I
OS
will
determine
the
floppy
disk
drive
type,
40
or
80
tracks
.
360Kb
t
ype
is
40
t
racks
while
720Kb,
1.2MB
and
1.44MB
are
all
80
t
racks
.
The
default
value
is
“Enabled”.
Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is
40 or 80 tracks. Note that BIOS can not tell from 720K,
1.2M or 1.44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks.
Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by
track number. There will be no warning message
displayed if the drive installed is 360K.
a
Boot
Up
NumLock
Status
Set
the
t
he
Num
Lock
status
when
t
he
sys
t
em
is
powered
on.
The
default
value
is
“On”
.
a
Gate
A20
Option
The
default
value
is
“Fast”
.
Normal The A20 signal is controlled by keyboard controller
or chipset hardware.
Fast Default: Fast. The A20 signal is controlled by Port
92 or chipset specific method.
a
Typematic
Rate
Setting
This
item
determines
the
typematic
rate
of
t
he
keyboard.
The
default
value
is
“Disabled”
.
Enabled Enable typematic rate and typematic delay
programming.
Disabled Disable typematic rate and typematic delay
programming. The system BIOS will use default value
of these 2 items, controlled by keyboard.