STL2 Server Board TPSBasic Input Output System (BIOS)

Table 4-3. Primary Master and Slave Adapters Submenu Selections

 

Choices or Display

 

 

Feature

Only

Description

User Setting

 

 

 

 

Type

Auto

Select the type of device that is attached to the

 

 

None

IDE channel

 

 

CD-ROM

If User is selected, the user will need to enter the

 

 

ATAPI Removable

 

 

parameters of the IDE device (cylinders, heads

 

 

IDE Removable

 

 

and sectors).

 

 

Other ATAPI

 

 

 

 

 

User

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mult-Sector Transfers

Disable

Specifies the number of sectors that are

 

 

2 Sectors

transferred per block during multiple sector

 

 

4 Sectors

transfers.

 

 

8 Sectors

 

 

 

16 Sectors

 

 

 

 

 

 

LBA Mode Control

Disabled

Enable/Disable Logical Block Addressing instead

 

 

Enabled

of cylinder, head, sector addressing.

 

 

 

 

 

32 Bit I/O

Disabled

Enable/Disable 32Bit IDE data transfers

 

 

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer Mode

Standard

Select the method of moving data to and from

 

 

Fast PIO 1

the hard drive. (If Type: Auto is select, optimum

 

 

Fast PIO 2

transfer mode will be selected)

 

 

Fast PIO 3

 

 

 

Fast PIO 4

 

 

 

FPIO 3/ DMA 1

 

 

 

FPIO 4 / DMA 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ultra DMA Mode

Disabled

Enable/Disable Ultra DMA mode (If Type: Auto is

 

 

Enabled

select, optimum transfer mode will be selected)

 

 

 

 

 

Table 4-4. Processor Settings Submenu Selections

 

Choices or Display

 

 

Feature

Only

Description

User Setting

Processor Speed

XXX

(Display Only). Indicates the processor

 

 

 

speed.

 

 

 

 

 

Processor 1 Type

XXX

(Display Only). Indicates the CPUID of the

 

 

 

installed processor.

 

Cache Ram

XXXKB

(Display Only). Indicates the cache RAM

 

 

 

size.

 

 

 

 

 

Processor 2 Type

XXX

(Display Only). Indicates the CPUID of the

 

 

 

installed processor.

 

 

 

 

 

Cache Ram

XXXKB

(Display Only). Indicates the cache RAM

 

 

 

size.

 

Processor #1 Status

Normal1

(Display Only)

 

Processor #2 Status

Normal1

(Display Only)

 

Clear Processor Errors

Press Enter

Clears the processor error information.

 

Processor Error Pause

Enabled

If enabled, the POST operation pauses if a

 

 

Disabled

processor error occurs.

 

 

 

 

 

Processor Serial Number

Disabled

Disables/Enables Processor Serial Number.

 

 

Enabled

 

 

Note:

 

 

 

1.Possible Values: Normal, None, or Error.

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