BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical
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Access Level | Maintenance | No changeable | Displays the current user's access level. |
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Access Mode | Advanced > Drive | • CHS | Allows you to select the sector addressing mode. |
| Configuration | • LBA |
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| • Large | CHS (cylinder, head, sector) mode supports up to 528 MB |
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| • Auto | hard disks. |
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| LBA (logical block addressing) mode supports hard disks |
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| Large mode supports hard disks above 528 MB in size, but |
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ACPI | Power | No changeable | Opens the |
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ACPI Suspend Mode | Power > ACPI | • S1 State | Specifies the ACPI sleep state. |
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Additional System | Main | No changeable | Displays information such as System Information, Desktop |
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AddOn ROM Display | Boot | • Enabled | Enabled : the logo screen will be followed by the “AddOn |
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| • Disabled | ROM” initial screen (the screen showing the |
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After Power Failure | Power | • Stay Off | Determines the mode of operation if a power loss occurs. |
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| • Power On | Stay Off keeps the power off until the power button is |
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| Last State restores the previous power state before power |
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| Power On restores power to the computer. |
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Agent | Manageability | • Enable | By default, Intel® Platform Administrator Agent is disabled. |
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AGP/PCI | Advanced > | • Default | Enables the selection of specific AGP/PCI clock |
Mode | Chipset | • 63.88/31.94 MHz | frequencies. The host clock (system bus speed) is not |
| Configuration > | • 68.05/34.02 MHz | changed. |
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| • 70.83/35.41 MHz | If this option is set to anything other than Default, the Host |
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| • 72.22/36.11 MHz | and I/O |
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| • 73.60/36.80 MHz |
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Alternate DNS | Intel® ME > Intel® | User defined | Enter the address in |
Address | Active |
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| Management |
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| Configuration > |
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| TCP/IP |
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| Configuration |
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V09 – March 2008
