Table 2-2. System Setup Program Options (continued)

Option

Description

 

 

USB Flash Drive

Determines the emulation type for a USB flash drive.

Emulation Type

Floppy allows the USB flash drive to act as a removable

(Auto default)

floppy disk, and it will be assigned a drive letter of A: or B:.

 

Hard disk allows the USB flash drive to act as a hard drive.

 

Auto automatically chooses an emulation type.

 

 

Boot Sequence Retry

Enables or disables retrying the boot sequence that was

(Disabled default)

specified in the Boot Sequence option.

 

 

Integrated Devices

See "Integrated Devices Screen" on page 41.

 

 

PCI IRQ Assignment

Displays a screen to change the IRQ assigned to each of the

 

integrated devices on the PCI bus, and any installed

 

expansion cards that require an IRQ.

 

 

Console Redirection

See "Console Redirection Screen" on page 42.

 

 

System Security

Displays a screen to configure the system password and

 

setup password features. See "Using the System Password"

 

on page 45 and "Using the Setup Password" on page 48 for

 

more information.

 

 

Keyboard NumLock

Determines whether your system starts up with the

(On default)

NumLock mode activated on 101– or 102–key keyboards

 

(does not apply to 84-key keyboards).

 

 

Report Keyboard Errors

Enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the

(Report default)

POST. Enable this option for host systems that have

 

keyboards attached. Select Do Not Report to suppress all

 

error messages relating to the keyboard or keyboard

 

controller during POST. This setting does not affect the

 

operation of the keyboard itself if a keyboard is attached to

 

the system.

 

 

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