Table 6 Computer Setup—Advanced (for advanced users) (continued)

Option

Description

 

 

 

NOTE: If you turn off power to the computer using the switch on a power strip, you will not be able

 

to use the suspend/sleep feature or the Remote Management features.

 

● POST Delay (None, 5, 10 15, or 20 seconds). Enabling this feature will add a user-specified

 

 

delay to the POST process. This delay is sometimes needed for hard disks on some PCI cards

 

 

that spin up very slowly, so slowly that they are not ready to boot by the time POST is finished.

 

 

The POST delay also gives you more time to select F10 to enter Computer (F10) Setup.

 

● Bypass F1 Prompt. This feature allows the system to boot without pressing F1 at the prompt

 

 

when the configuration changes.

 

 

Execute Memory Test

Restarts the computer and executes the POST memory test.

(some models)

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS Power-On

Allows you to set the computer to turn on automatically at a time you specify.

 

 

Onboard Devices

Allows you to set resources for or disable onboard system devices (serial port or parallel port).

 

 

PCI Devices

● Lists currently installed PCI devices and their IRQ settings.

 

● Allows you to reconfigure IRQ settings for these devices or to disable them entirely. These

 

 

settings have no effect under an ACPI-based operating system.

 

 

PCI VGA Configuration

Displayed only if there are one or more PCI graphics controllers in the system and the integrated

 

video is enabled. Allows you to specify which VGA controller will be the “boot” or primary VGA

 

controller.

 

 

NOTE: In order to see this entry, you must enable Integrated Video (Advanced > Device

 

Options) and Save Changes and Exit.

 

 

Bus Options

On some models, allows you to enable or disable:

 

●

PCI SERR# generation.

 

● PCI VGA palette snooping, which sets the VGA palette snooping bit in PCI configuration space;

 

 

only needed when more than one graphics controller is installed.

 

 

Device Options

Allows you to set:

 

● Printer mode (Bi-Directional, EPP + ECP, Output Only).

 

● Num Lock state at power-on (off/on).

 

● S5 Wake on LAN (enable/disable).

 

 

◦

To disable Wake on LAN during the off state (S5), use the arrow (left and right) keys to

 

 

 

select the Advanced > Device Options menu and set the S5 Wake on LAN feature to

 

 

 

Disable. This obtains the lowest power consumption available on the computer during

 

 

 

S5. It does not affect the ability of the computer to Wake on LAN from suspend or

 

 

 

hibernation, but will prevent it from waking from S5 via the network. It does not affect

 

 

 

operation of the network connection while the computer is on.

 

 

◦

If a network connection is not required, completely disable the network controller (NIC) by

 

 

 

using the arrow (left and right) keys to select the Security > Device Security menu. Set

 

 

 

the Network Controller option to Device Hidden. This prevents the network controller

 

 

 

from being used by the operating system and reduces the power used by the computer

 

 

 

in S5.

 

●

Processor cache (enable/disable).

 

● Multi-Processor (enable/disable). This option may be used to disable multi-processor support

 

 

under the OS.

● Integrated Graphics Memory Size (Automatic, 32M, 64M, 128M, 256M). This allows the user to control the size of the memory used by the integrated graphics controller. Automatic allows

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