Chapter 4: AMI BIOS

Password Check

Use this feature to set when the system prompts for a password. Choosing Setup will ask the user a password when entering the BIOS Setup, while selecting Always will prompt for a password during BIOS Setup and each system boot. The options are Setup and Always.

Boot Sector Virus Protection

When Enabled, the AMI BIOS displays a warning when any program (or virus) is- sues a Disk Format command or attempts to write to the boot sector of the hard disk drive. The options are Enabled and Disabled.

4-5 Boot Configuration

Use this feature to configure Boot Settings:

 

 

 

BIOS SETUP UTILTY

Main

Advanced

Security

Boot

Exit

Boot Settings

 

 

Specifies the

 

 

 

 

Boot Bevice

Boot Device Priority

 

 

Priority sequence.

Hard Disk Drives

 

 

 

Removable Drives

 

 

 

CD/DVD Drives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

���� : Move

 

 

 

 

Enter : Select

 

 

 

 

+/-/ : Value

 

 

 

 

F10 : Save

 

 

 

 

ESC : Exit

 

 

 

 

F1 : General Help

 

 

 

 

F8 : Fail-Safe Defaults

 

 

 

 

F9 : Optimized Defaults

 

 

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Boot Device Priority

This feature allows the user to specify the sequence of priority for the Boot Device. The settings are 1st boot device, 2nd boot device, 3rd boot device, and Disabled.

1st boot device - 1st Floppy Drive

2nd boot device - [CD/DVD: XXXXXXXXXX]

3rd boot device - [SATA: XXXXXXXXXX]

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SUPER MICRO Computer X7SLA-L Boot Configuration, Boot Device Priority, Password Check, Boot Sector Virus Protection

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