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A,C
System will first search for floppy disk drive then hard disk drive.
Note: This function is only available for IDE type
For SCSI type is always boot from A.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80 tracks.
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. |
| Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is |
| 360K. |
Boot Up NumLock Status
The default value is On.
On
Off
Keypad is number keys
Keypad is arrow keys
IDE HDD Block Mode
Enabled | Enable IDE HDD Block Mode. The BIOS will detect the |
| block size of the HDD and send block command |
| automatically. |
Disabled | Disable IDE HDD Block Mode |
Gate A20 Option | |
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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. |
Memory Parity Check
Enabled
Normal memory parity check. System DRAM is no parity bit then the system will display “RAM parity error”.
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