Setup Utilities and Diagnostics Features

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Option

Description

 

 

 

Storage

Options

Primary IDE Controller *

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Allows you to enable or disable the primary IDE/ATA

 

 

controller.

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary IDE Controller *

 

 

Allows you to enable or disable the secondary IDE/ATA

 

 

controller.

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS IDE DMA Transfers

 

 

Allows you to control how BIOS disk I/O requests are serviced.

 

 

When “Enable” is selected, the BIOS will service all disk I/O

 

 

requests with DMA data transfers. When “Disable” is selected,

 

 

the BIOS will service all disk I/O requests with PIO data

 

 

transfers.

 

 

 

 

IDE DPS Self-Test

Allows you to execute self-tests on IDE hard drives capable of

 

 

performing the Drive Protection System (DPS) self-tests.

 

 

This selection will only appear when at least one drive

 

 

capable of performing the IDE DPS self-tests is attached to the

 

 

system.

 

 

 

 

Controller Order

Allows you to specify the order of the attached hard drive

 

 

controllers. The first hard drive controller in the order will have

 

 

priority in the boot sequence and will be recognized as drive C

 

 

(if any devices are attached).

 

 

 

 

Boot Order

Allows you to specify the order in which attached peripheral

 

 

devices (such as a diskette drive, hard drive, optical drive, or

 

 

network interface card) are checked for bootable operating

 

 

system image. Each device on the list may be individually

 

 

excluded from or included for consideration as a bootable

 

 

operating system source.

 

 

MS-DOS drive lettering assignments may not apply after a

 

 

non-MS-DOS operating system has started.

 

 

Shortcut to Temporarily Override Boot Order

 

 

To boot one time from a device other than the default device

 

 

specified in Boot Order, restart the computer and press F9

 

 

when the monitor light turns green. After POST is completed, a

 

 

list of bootable devices is displayed. Use the arrow keys to

 

 

select the preferred bootable device and press Enter. The

 

 

computer then boots from the selected non-default device for

 

 

this one time.

 

 

 

Security

Setup Password

Allows you to set and enables setup (administrator) password.

 

 

If the setup password is set, it is required to change

 

 

Computer Setup options, flash the ROM, and make changes

 

 

to certain plug and play settings under Windows.

 

 

See the Troubleshooting Guide for more information.

 

 

 

 

Power-On

Allows you to set and enable power-on password.

 

Password

See the Troubleshooting Guide for more information.

*Option supported on select models.

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