BIOS Setup

￿S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks

￿Enabled

Enable HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability.

￿Disabled

Disable HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability. (Default value)

￿Boot Up Num-Lock

￿On

Keypad is number keys. (Default value)

￿Off

Keypad is arrow keys.

￿Floppy Drive Seek

During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 K type is 40

tracks 720 K, 1.2 M and 1.44 M are all 80 tracks.

￿Enabled

BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks. Note

 

that BIOS can not tell from 720 K, 1.2 M or 1.44 M drive type as they are all

 

80tracks.

￿Disabled

BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number. Note

 

that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360 K.

 

(Default value)

￿Password Check

Please refer to the detail on P.47

￿Always

The user must enter correct password in order to access the system and/or

 

BIOS Setup.

￿Setup

The user must enter correct password in order to access BIOS setup utility.

 

(Default Value)

￿BIOS Flash Protection

This field lets you determine the states that flash BIOS.

￿Auto

BIOS enables flash write access automatically when updating BIOS data/

 

DMI/ESCD. (Default Value)

￿Enabled

During POST, DMI/ESCD would not be updated. But flash tools can update

 

BIOS always.

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Gigabyte GA-7VTXH A.R.T. for Hard Disks, Boot Up Num-Lock, Floppy Drive Seek, Password Check, Bios Flash Protection

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