PANEL1173-841 Users Manual
Phoenix-Award BIOS Utility 37
z First/Second/Third Boot Device
These items let you select the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd devices that the
system will search for during its boot-up sequence. The wide range
of selection includes Floppy, LS120, ZIP100, HDD0~3, SCSI, and
CDROM.
z Boot Other Device
This item allows the user to enable/disable the boot device not
listed on the First/Second/Third boot devices option above. The
default setting is “Enabled”.
z Boot Up Floppy Seek
During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive type, 40 or
80 tracks. 360Kb type is 40 tracks while 720Kb, 1.2MB and
1.44MB are all 80 tracks. The default value is “Enabled”.
Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is
40 or 80 tracks. Note that BIOS can not tell from 720K,
1.2M or 1.44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks.
Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by
track number. There will be no warning message
displayed if the drive installed is 360K.
z Boot Up NumLock Status
Set the the Num Lock status when the system is powered on.
The default value is “On”.
z Gate A20 Option
The default value is “Fast”.
Normal
The A20 signal is controlled by keyboard controller
or chipset hardware.
Fast
Default: Fast. The A20 signal is controlled by Port
92 or chipset specific method.
z Typematic Rate Setting
This item determines the typematic rate of the keyboard. The
default value is “Disabled”.
Enabled Enable typematic rate and typematic delay
programming.
Disabled Disable typematic rate and typematic delay
programming. The system BIOS will use default value
of these 2 items, controlled by keyboard.