Contents

Chapter 4: BIOS setup

4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ....................................

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4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk .............................

4-1

 

4.1.2

Updating the BIOS .................................................

4-2

 

4.1.3 Saving the current BIOS file ..................................

4-4

4.2

BIOS Setup program ..........................................................

4-6

 

4.2.1

BIOS menu screen ................................................

4-7

 

4.2.2

Menu bar ................................................................

4-7

 

4.2.3

Navigation keys .....................................................

4-8

 

4.2.4

General help ..........................................................

4-8

 

4.2.5

Sub-menu ..............................................................

4-8

 

4.2.6

Scroll bar ................................................................

4-8

 

4.2.7

Pop-up window ......................................................

4-8

4.3

Main menu ..........................................................................

4-9

 

4.3.1

Primary IDE Master .............................................

4-10

 

4.3.2

Primary IDE Slave ...............................................

4-13

 

4.3.3

Secondary IDE Master .........................................

4-13

 

4.3.4

Secondary IDE Slave ...........................................

4-13

4.4

Advanced menu ...............................................................

4-14

 

4.4.1

Advanced BIOS Features ....................................

4-15

 

4.4.2

CPU Configuration ...............................................

4-16

 

4.4.3

Memory Configuration .........................................

4-17

 

4.4.4

Chipset .................................................................

4-18

 

4.4.5

Onboard Device ...................................................

4-20

 

4.4.6

PCIPnP ................................................................

4-24

 

4.4.7

USB Configuration ...............................................

4-26

4.5

Power menu .....................................................................

4-27

 

4.5.1

APM Configuration ...............................................

4-27

 

4.5.2

Hardware Monitor ................................................

4-31

4.6

Boot menu ........................................................................

4-33

 

4.6.1

Boot Device Priority .............................................

4-33

 

4.6.2 Hard Disk Boot Priority ........................................

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4.6.3

Removable Device Priority ..................................

4-34

 

4.6.4

CD-ROM Boot Priority .........................................

4-35

 

4.6.5

Boot Settings Configuration .................................

4-35

 

4.6.6

Security ................................................................

4-37

4.7

Exit menu .........................................................................

4-39

Appendix: Reference information

A.1 PSCH-SR block diagrams ..................................................

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