Table 5-5Computer Setup—Advanced (for advanced users) (continued)

Select the Legacy device's IRQ, DMA, and I/O Range. The settings may not take effect for all operating systems. To hide a device from the operating system, see Security > Device Security.

Bus Options

Allows you to enable or disable:

 

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PCI SERR# Generation. Default is enabled.

 

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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. Default is disabled.

 

 

Device Options

Allows you to set:

 

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Num Lock State at Power-On (off/on). Default is off.

 

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Integrated Video (enable/disable). Use this option to disable the integrated video controller when

 

 

another video controller is present in the system, or to configure UMA memory settings. Default is

 

 

‘Automatic UMA Size’.

 

 

If you select ‘Selectable UMA Size’, a new menu item appears in the Device Options dialog box to

 

 

allow you to select the amount of memory to allocate to video memory.

 

●

Internal Speaker (enable/disable). Does not affect external speakers. Default is enabled.

 

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Multi-Processor (enable/disable). Use this option to disable multi-processor support under the OS.

 

 

Default is enabled.

 

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Hyper threading (enable/disable). Use this option to disable processor hyper-threading.

 

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USB EHCI Port Debug (enable/disable). Forces all USB ports to use USB 2.0 for debugging utilities

 

 

and other applications that do not support USB 3.0. Default is disabled.

 

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USB 3.0 BIOS Driver Support (enable/disable). Default is disabled.

 

 

VGA Configuration

Displayed only if there is an add-in video card in the system. Allows you to specify which VGA controller

 

will be the “boot” or primary VGA controller.

 

 

Management Operations

Allows you to set:

 

●

AMT (enable/disable). Allows you to enable or disable functions of the embedded Management

 

 

Engine (ME) such as Active Management Technology (AMT). If set to disable, the Management

 

 

Engine is set to a temporarily disabled state and will not provide functions beyond necessary

 

 

system configuration. Default is enabled.

 

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Unconfigure AMT/ME (enable/disable). Allows you to unconfigure any provisioned management

 

 

settings for AMT. The AMT settings are restored to factory defaults. This feature should be used

 

 

with caution as AMT will not be able to provide any set AMT management functions once

 

 

unconfigured. Default is disabled.

 

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Hide Unconfigure ME Confirmation Prompt (enable/disable). Allows you to set the system to not

 

 

display the confirmation to unconfigure ME.

 

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Watchdog Timer (enable/disable). Allows you to set amount of time for a operating system and

 

 

BIOS watchdog alert to be sent if the timers are not deactivated. BIOS watchdog is deactivated by

 

 

BIOS and would indicate that a halt occurred during execution if the alert is sent to the management

 

 

console. An operating system alert is deactivated by the operating system image and would indicate

 

 

that a hang occurred during its initialization. Default is enabled.

 

 

Option ROM Launch

Let you set the launch policy for option ROMs. An Option ROM typically consists of firmware that is called

Policy

by the system BIOS. For example, an adapter card that controls a boot device might contain firmware that

 

is used to connect the device to the system once the Option ROM is loaded.

 

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PXE Option ROMs (legacy only/EFI only/do not launch)

 

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Storage Option ROMs (legacy only/EFI only/do not launch)

 

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Video Option ROMs (legacy only/EFI only)

 

 

Connected BIOS

Enables or disables the feature that updates the BIOS using the network.

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