Advanced Menu

Default values are in bold typeface.

WARNING

Setting items on this menu to incorrect values may cause your system to malfunction.

Feature

Processor Serial Number

Reset Configuration Data

Use Multiprocessor

Specification

Large Disk Access Mode

Pause Before Boot

Hot-plug PCI Master Control

Hot-plug PCI Allocation Level

Timeout on POST errors

PCI Configuration

I/O Device Configuration

Advanced Chipset Control

Option

Disabled

Enabled

No

Yes

1.1

1.4

CHS

LBA

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled

Enabled

Disabled:

Min.

Max.

Disabled

Enabled

Description

Enables or disables the Processor Serial Number feature of the Pentium III Xeon processor.

If "Yes" is selected, BIOS clears the System Configuration Data during the next boot. The field is automatically reset to "No" in next boot.

Selects the version of the Multiprocessor Specification to use. Some operating systems require version 1.1 for compatibility reasons.

Select the drive access method for IDE drives. Most operating systems use Logical Block Addressing (LBA). However, some operating systems may use the Cylinder Head Sector (CHS). See your operating system documentation for more information.

If enabled, BIOS pauses five-seconds before booting the operating system.

Set to "Enable" to create the Hot-plug PCI Resource Table and to reserve resources for each hot-plug PCI slot.

Set amount of resources to allocate to empty hot-plug PCI slots.

If enabled, boots operating system after 5 seconds of displaying POST errors. If disabled, waits for user to press F1 or F2.

Selects PCI Configuration submenu.

Selects I/O Device Configuration submenu.

Selects Advanced Chipset Control submenu.

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