BIOS ROM
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| Setup Utility |
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Heading | Option | Description |
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| Restore Master | Restores the backup Master Boot Record to the current bootable |
| Boot Record* | disk. |
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| ✎ Only appears if all of the following conditions are true: |
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| MBR Security is enabled. |
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| A backup copy of the MBR has been previously saved. |
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| The current bootable disk is the same disk from which the |
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| backup copy of the MBR was saved. |
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| ÄCAUTION: Restoring a previously saved MBR after a disk utility |
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| or operating system has modified the MBR may cause the data on |
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| the disk to become inaccessible. Only restore a previously saved |
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| MBR ifyou are confident that the current bootable disk’s MBR has |
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| been corrupted or infected with a virus. |
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Power | OS Power | • Runtime Power Management - Enable/Disable. Allows certain |
| Management | operating systems to reduce processor voltage and frequency |
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| when the current software load does not require the full |
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| capabilities of the processor. |
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| • Idle Power Savings - Extended/Normal. Allows certain |
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| operating systems to decrease the processors power |
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| consumption when the processor is idle. |
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| • ACPI S3 Support - Enables or disables ACPI S3 support. |
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| • ACPI S3 Hard Disk Reset - Enabling this causes the BIOS to |
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| ensure hard disks are ready to accept commands after |
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| resuming from S3 before returning control to the operating |
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| system. |
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| • ACPI S3 PS2 Mouse Wakeup - Enables or disables waking from |
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| S3 due to PS2 mouse activity. |
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| Hardware Power | SATA power management enables or disables SATA bus and/or |
| Management | device power management. |
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| Thermal | Fan idle mode - This bar graph controls the minimum permitted fan |
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| speed. |
✎Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.
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