Chapter 4

BIOS Configuration

Setting Option

Optimal Default

Fail-Safe Default

Device 6 (S erial port 1)

Monitor

Monitor

Device 7 (S erial port 2)

Monitor

Monitor

Device 8 (P arallel port)

Monitor

Monitor

Device 5 (F loppy dis k)

Monitor

Monitor

Device 0 (P rimary mas ter IDE)

Monitor

Monitor

Device 1 (P rimary s lave IDE)

Monitor

Monitor

Device 2 (S econdary mas ter IDE)

Monitor

Monitor

Device 3 (S econdary s lave IDE )

Monitor

Monitor

LAN Wake-up

Dis abled

Dis abled

P C 98 P ower LED

Dis abled

Dis abled

F an OF F at S us pend

E nabled

E nabled

R T C Wake-up

Dis abled

Dis abled

*Hour

N/A

N/A

*Minute

N/A

N/A

* Setting option not selectable.

ACPI Aware O/S

Set this option to Yes to enable Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) BIOS for an ACPI-aware operating system.

Power Management/APM

Set this option to Enabled to enable the chipset power management and APM (Advanced Power Management) features. The settings are Enabled or Dis- abled.

Power Button Function

This option specifies how the power button mounted externally on the computer chassis is used. See Soft Power Connector on page 31 for more information. The settings are shown in the table below.

Setting

Description

On/Off

Pushing the power button turns the computer on or off.

Suspend

Pushing the power button places the computer in Suspend mode or Full On power mode.

Green PC Monitor Power State

This option specifies the power state that the green PC-compliant video monitor enters when AMIBIOS places it in a power saving state after the

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