Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup 63
16-bit I/O Recovery Time
The I/O recovery mechanism adds bus clock cycles between PCI-
originated I/O cycles to the ISA bus. This delay takes place
because the PCI bus is much faster than the ISA bus. This field
lets you add recovery time (in bus clock cycles) for 16-bit I/O.
The choice: 1 SYSCLK, 2SYSCLK, 3SYSCLK, 4 SYSCLK
IDE HDD Block Mode
Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or
multiple sector read/write. If your IDE hard drive supports block
mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection
of the optimal number of block read/write per sector the drive can
support.
Power on Function
Select the different manners for powering on the system.
The choices: Keyboard 98, password, any key, hot key, button
only, mouse click, mouse move.
KB Power on Password
The system will ask for a password, after entering the correct
password the keyboard can then be used.
Ir Transmission Delay
The system IR component transmits and retrieves data from its
working environment, if enabled the IR system will detect or
transmit information. If disabled the IR system will be unable to
operate.
Use IR Pins
Consult your IR peripheral documentation to select the correct
setting of the TxD and RxD signals.