BIOS ROM

 

 

Table 8-3

 

 

Setup Utility

 

 

 

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Option

Description

 

 

 

 

Restore Master

Restores the backup Master Boot Record to the current bootable

 

Boot Record*

disk.

 

 

Only appears if all of the following conditions are true:

 

 

MBR Security is enabled.

 

 

A backup copy of the MBR has been previously saved.

 

 

The current bootable disk is the same disk from which the

 

 

backup copy of the MBR was saved.

 

 

ÄCAUTION: Restoring a previously saved MBR after a disk utility

 

 

or operating system has modified the MBR may cause the data on

 

 

the disk to become inaccessible. Only restore a previously saved

 

 

MBR ifyou are confident that the current bootable disk’s MBR has

 

 

been corrupted or infected with a virus.

 

 

 

Power

OS Power

• Runtime Power Management - Enable/Disable. Allows certain

 

Management

operating systems to reduce processor voltage and frequency

 

 

when the current software load does not require the full

 

 

capabilities of the processor.

 

 

• Idle Power Savings - Extended/Normal. Allows certain

 

 

operating systems to decrease the processors power

 

 

consumption when the processor is idle.

 

 

• ACPI S3 Support - Enables or disables ACPI S3 support.

 

 

• ACPI S3 Hard Disk Reset - Enabling this causes the BIOS to

 

 

ensure hard disks are ready to accept commands after

 

 

resuming from S3 before returning control to the operating

 

 

system.

 

 

• ACPI S3 PS2 Mouse Wakeup - Enables or disables waking from

 

 

S3 due to PS2 mouse activity.

 

 

 

 

Hardware Power

SATA power management enables or disables SATA bus and/or

 

Management

device power management.

 

 

 

 

Thermal

Fan idle mode - This bar graph controls the minimum permitted fan

 

 

speed.

Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.

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