Configuration software and utilities

BIOS Setup

5.3.4Advanced Menu

VCAUTION!

Setting incorrect values in this menu may cause your system to malfunction.

Menu item

Option

Description

 

 

 

 

 

Processor Serial Number

Disabled

Processor serial number control

 

 

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset Configuration Data

No

Clears system configuration data.

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use Multiprocessor

1.1

Specifies the multiprocessor specifi-

Specification

1.4

cation revision level. Some operating

 

 

 

systems require revision level 1.1. for

 

 

 

compatibility.

 

 

 

 

 

Large Disk Access Mode

CHS

Selects the access method for IDE

 

 

LBA

drives. Most operating systems use

 

 

 

logical block addressing (LBA).

 

 

 

However, some operating systems use

 

 

 

the cylinder head sector (CHS). Refer

 

 

 

to the operating system manual for

 

 

 

further information.

 

 

 

 

Pause Before Boot

Disabled

Causes a 5-second pause before the

 

 

Enabled

operating system is booted.

 

 

 

 

Hot-plug PCI Master

Disabled

Set this to “Enable” to create the hot-

Control

Enabled

plug PCI resource table.

 

 

 

 

Hot-plug PCI Allocation

Disabled

Set amount of resources to allocate to

Level

Minimum

empty hot-plug PCI slots.

 

 

Maximum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time-out on POST Errors

Enabled

Operating system boots after 5 sec. of

 

 

 

displaying POST errors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disabled

Operating system waits for user to

 

 

 

press

or

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 11: Advanced options

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