Table 3-6Computer Setup—Advanced (for advanced users) (continued)

Bus Options

On some models, allows you to enable or disable:

 

● PCI SERR# Generation. Default is enabled.

 

● 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:

 

● Monitor Tracking (enable/disable). Allows ROM to save monitor asset information. Default is

 

disabled.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

when another video controller is present in the system. Default is enabled.

 

● Internal Speaker (some models) (does not affect external speakers). Default is enabled.

 

● NIC Option ROM Download (PXE, iSCSI, disabled). The BIOS contains an embedded NIC

 

option ROM to allow the unit to boot through the network to a PXE server. This is typically

 

used to download a corporate image to a hard drive. The NIC option ROM takes up memory

 

space below 1MB commonly referred to as DOS Compatibility Hole (DCH) space. This

 

space is limited. This F10 option will allow users to disable the downloading of this

 

embedded NIC option ROM thus giving more DCH space for additional PCI cards which may

 

need option ROM space. The default will be to have the NIC option-ROM-enabled. Default is

 

PXE.

 

● SATA RAID Option ROM Download (enable/disable). The BIOS contains an embedded

 

SATA RAID option ROM for RAID support. This can be temporarily disabled to save DCH

 

space. Note that with the option ROM disabled, users will be unable to boot to hard drives in

 

the system while running in RAID mode. Default is disabled.

 

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

 

the OS. Default is enabled.

 

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

 

threading.

 

● Turbo Mode (enable/disable). Allows you to enable and disable the Intel Turbo Mode feature,

 

which allows one core of the system to run at a higher than standard frequency and power if

 

other cores are idle. Default is enabled.

 

 

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