BIOS Setup Utility

SY-K7VTA PRO

3-3.8 Security Option

Use this feature to prevent unauthorized system boot-up or use of BIOS

Setup. The following table describes the security settings.

 

Setting

Description

Security Option

 

 

System

Each time the system is booted, the

 

 

password prompt appears.

 

Setup

If a password is set, the password prompt

 

 

only appears when you attempt to enter

 

 

the BIOS Setup program.

3-3.9 Other Control Options

Other Control

Setting

Description

Note

Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OS Select for

 

 

 

OS2

When using an OS2 operating

 

DRAM>64MB

 

system.

 

 

Non-OS2

When using another,

Default

 

 

non-OS2 operating system.

 

HDD

 

 

 

Disabled

 

Default

S.M.A.R.T.

Enabled

Enable this field when your HDD

 

Capability

 

supports the S.M.A.R.T. function.

 

 

 

Consult your HDD provider for

 

 

 

details.

 

Video BIOS

 

 

 

Disabled

 

 

Shadow

Enabled

 

Default

 

The BIOS is shadowed in a 16K segment if it

 

 

is enabled and if it has BIOS present.

 

 

These 16 segments can be shadowed from

 

 

ROM to RAM. BIOS shadow copies BIOS

 

 

code from slower ROM to faster RAM. BIOS

 

 

can then execute from RAM.

 

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