Chapter 6: BIOS
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| Selects the DMA Mode. Options are Auto, SWDMA0, SWDMA1, SWDMA2, | |
DMA Mode |
| MWDMA0. MDWDMA1, MWDMA2, UDMA0. UDMA1, UDMA2, UDMA3, | |
| UDMA4, UDMA5. and UDMA6. | ||
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| (SWDMA=Single Word DMA, MWDMA=Multi Word DMA, UDMA=UltraDMA.) | |
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S.M.A.R.T |
| impending drive failures. Select "Auto" to allow BIOS to auto detect hard disk | |
| drive support. Select "Disabled" to prevent AMI BIOS from using the S.M.A.R.T. | ||
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| Select "Enabled" to allow AMI BIOS to use the S.M.A.R.T. to support hard drive | |
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| disk. The options are Disabled, Enabled, and Auto. | |
32Bit Data |
| Select "Enabled" to activate the function of | |
Transfer |
| to deactivate the function. The options are Enabled and Disabled. | |
IDE Detect Time Out | Use the +/- keys to adjust and select the time out for detecting ATA/ATAPI | ||
devices. The default value is 35. | |||
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PCI/PnP Configuration
The menu options in the PCI/PNP CONFIGURATION submenu and their descriptions are shown in Table
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Menu Option | Description | |
Clear NVRAM | Select YES to clear NVRAM during | |
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| Select YES to allow the OS to configure Plug & Play devices. | |
Plug & Play OS | NOTE: Selecting YES is not required for system boot if your system has an OS | |
that supports Plug & Play. | ||
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| Select No to allow AMIBIOS to configure all devices in the system. | |
| This option sets the latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus. Select a value to | |
PCI Latency Timer | set the PCI latency in PCI clock cycles. Options are 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, | |
| 224 and 248. | |
PCI IDE BusMaster | When enabled, this allows BIOS to use PCI busmastering for reading/writing to | |
IDE drives. Options include Enabled and Disabled. | ||
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ROM Scan Ordering | This setting determines which kind of option ROM activates prior to another. | |
Options include Onboard First and Addon First. | ||
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PCIE X16 Slot 1 | This option enables or disables slot OPROM. | |
Onboard LAN Option | This setting allows you to select the onboard LAN option ROM for iSCSI or PXE. | |
ROM Select | Note: You must enable ONLY LAN1 when the iSCSI support option is specified. | |
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Load Onboard LAN 1 | This option allows you to enable or disable the onboard LAN 1 option ROM. | |
Option ROM |
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Load Onboard LAN 2 | This option allows you to enable or disable the onboard LAN 2 option ROM. | |
Option ROM |
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Primary Video | This option specifies the primary video controller for Onboard VGA or Other. | |
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