Boot Sequence

Lists the drives in the order by which they boot.

Floppy device - Identifies and defines the floppy drive attached to the FLOPPY connector on the system board. If there is no installed drive, it appears as Floppy device (not installed).

Hard-Disk Drive - Identifies the hard drive. The drive is listed by its drive letter (such as Hard Disk Drive C:).

IDE - Identifies and defines the optical drive attached to the IDE connector on the system board. If there is no installed drive, it appears as IDE CD-ROM Device (not installed).

An included device displays with a checkmark next to its listing. To remove the device from the boot sequence, use the spacebar to clear the checkmark. To change the boot order, use + or - to move the listing up or down.

Memory Information

Installed

Identifies and lists the amount of detected memory.

System Memory

 

System Memory

Identifies and lists the speed of the detected memory in megahertz (MHz). For information on supported

Speed

memory see Memory.

System

Identifies and lists the installed memory as either Dual or Single channel. For information on supported

Channel Mode

memory see Memory.

AGP Aperture

Identifies and lists the amount of memory dedicated for graphics. The values vary depending on the

capacity of installed memory.

CPU Information

Hyperthreading

CPU Speed

If your computer's processor supports Hyper-Threading, this section displays the following options:

Disabled - Hyper-Threading is Off.

Enabled - Hyper-Threading is On.

Lists the options for setting the processor speed as Normal or Compatible.

NOTICE: Changing the CPU Speed is not recommended, this may shorten the life of the processor and void the warranty.

Bus Speed

Lists the speed that the processor runs in megaherz (MHz).

Processor ID

Lists the processor Clock Speed, and L2 Cache Size.

Integrated Devices

Sound

Enables or disables the onboard audio controller.

 

You can set the NIC to On (default), Off, or On w/ PXE. When the On w/ PXE setting is active

Network

(available only for the future boot process), the computer prompts the user to press <Ctrl><Alt><b>.

Interface

Pressing this key combination displays a menu that allows you to select a method for booting from a

Controller

network server. If a boot routine is not available from the network server, the computer attempts to boot

 

from the next device in the boot sequence list.

Mouse Port

Enables or disables the onboard PS/2-compatible mouse controller.

 

Set to On (default) so that USB devices will be detected and supported in the operating system.

USB Emulation

The No Boot option restricts external access to drive data. Use this option to prohibit users from booting

 

the computer using an external USB device.

USB Controller

Serial Port #1

Parallel Port Mode

Set to On (default) so that multiple USB devices can be connected to a system without compromising data speed. When set to Off, all connected ports share a set data speed that is equivalent to one port.

Identifies and defines the serial port settings. Auto, the default setting, automatically configures a connector to a particular designation (COM1 or COM3).

Identifies and defines the parallel port settings. You can set the parallel port to Off, AT, PS/2, EPP, or ECP.

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