Using the Setup Program

Floppy Options

This submenu is for configuring floppy drives.

Table 10. Floppy Options

Feature

Options

Description

 

 

 

 

Floppy Disk Controller

Disabled

Disables or enables the integrated floppy

 

Enabled (default)

disk controller.

 

 

 

 

Diskette A:

Disabled

Specifies the capacity and physical size

 

360 KB, 5¼

of diskette drive A.

 

1.2 MB, 5¼

 

 

720 KB, 3½

 

 

1.44/1.25 MB, 3½(default)

 

 

2.88 MB, 3½

 

Floppy Write Protect

Disabled (default)

Disables or enables write protect for the

 

Enabled

diskette drive(s).

 

 

 

 

DMI Event Logging

This submenu is for configuring the DMI event logging features.

Table 11. DMI Event Logging Submenu

Feature

Options

Description

 

 

 

Event log capacity

No options

Indicates if there is space available in the event log.

 

 

 

Event log validity

No options

Indicates if the contents of the event log are valid.

 

 

 

View DMI event log

No options

Enables viewing of DMI event log.

 

 

 

 

Clear all DMI event logs

No (default)

Clears the DMI event log after rebooting.

 

Yes

 

Event Logging

Disabled

Enables logging of DMI events.

 

Enabled (default)

 

ECC Event Logging

Disabled (default)

Enables logging of ECC events.

 

Enabled

 

Mark DMI events as read

No options

Marks all DMI events as read.

 

 

 

 

Video Configuration Submenu

This submenu is for configuring video features.

Table 12. Video Configuration Submenu

Feature

Options

Description

 

 

 

 

Palette Snooping

Disabled (default)

Controls the ability of a primary PCI graphics controller to

 

Enabled

share a common palette with an ISA add-in video card.

 

 

 

 

AGP Aperture Size

64 MB (default)

Specifies the aperture size for the A.G.P. video controller.

 

256 MB

 

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Intel Motherboard, SE400BX manual Floppy Options, DMI Event Logging, Video Configuration Submenu

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