Parameter

Description

Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Typematic Rate

After Typematic Rate Setting is enabled, this item allows you

Settings:

 

 

(Chars/sec)

to set rate (characters/second) at which at keys are

6,8,10,12,15,20,24 and

 

 

 

accelerated.

30

 

 

Typematic

This item allows you to select the delay between when the

Settings:

 

 

Delay

key was first pressed and when the acceleration begins.

250,500,750 and 1000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security Option

If you have installed password protection, this item defines if

Setup

 

 

 

the password is required at system start up, or if it is only

System

 

 

 

required when a user tries to enter the Setup Utility.

 

 

 

APIC Mode

This items allows you to enable APIC (Advanced

Enabled

 

 

 

Programmable Interrupt Controller) functionality. APIC is an

Disabled

 

 

 

Intel chip that provides symmetic multiprocessing (SMP) for

 

 

 

 

its Pentium systems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OS Select For

This item is only required if you have installed more than

Non-OS2

 

 

DRAM > 64MB

64MB of memory and you are running the OS/2 operating

OS2

 

 

 

system. Otherwise, leave this item at the default.

 

 

 

HDD S.M.A.R.T

The S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting

Disabled

 

 

Capability

Technology) system is a diagnostics technology that monitors

Enabled

 

 

 

and predicts device performance. S.M.A.R.T software resides

 

 

 

 

on both the disk drive and the host computer.

 

 

 

 

The disk drive software monitors the internal performance of

 

 

 

 

the motors, media, heads, and electronics of the drive. The

 

 

 

 

host software monitors the overall reliability status of the

 

 

 

 

drive. If a device failure is predicated, the host software,

 

 

 

 

through the Client WORKS S.M.A.R.Tapplet, warns the user

 

 

 

 

of the impending condition and advise appropriate action to

 

 

 

 

protect the data.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video BIOS

This function, when enabled allows VGA BIOS to be copied to

Disabled

 

 

Shadow

the system DRAM for enhanced performance.

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

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