Abit KR7A, User Manual

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Chapter 3
KR7A/KR7A-RAID
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Quick Power On Self Test:
After the computer has been powered on, the BIOS of the motherboard will run a series of tests in order
to check the system and its peripherals. If the Quick Power on Self-Test feature is enable, the BIOS will
simplify the test procedures in order to speed up the boot process. The default setting is
Enabled .
First Boot Device:
When the computer boots up, the BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the
sequence selected in these items: floppy disk drive A, LS120, ZIP100 devices, hard drive C, SCSI hard
disk drive or CD-ROM. There are ten options for the boot sequence that you can choose (The default
setting is
Floppy .):
Floppy
)
LS120
)
HDD-0
)
SCSI
)
CDROM
)
HDD-1
)
HDD-2
)
HDD-3
)
ZIP100
)
LAN
)
Disabled
)
Back to Floppy. (KR7A Only)
Floppy
)
LS120
)
HDD-0
)
SCSI
)
CDROM
)
HDD-1
)
HDD-2
)
HDD-3
)
ZIP100
)
LAN
)
ATA133RAID
)
Disabled
)
Back to Floppy.
(KR7A-RAID Only)
Second Boot Device:
Description is the same as the First Boot Device, the default setting is HDD-0 .
Third Boot Device:
Description is same as the First Boot Device, the default setting is LS120.
Boot Other Device:
Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled . This setting allows the
BIOS to try to boot devices other than the three which are listed in the above First, Second and Third
Boot Devices. If you set to Disabled, the BIOS will boot from only the three kinds of boot devices that
are set above.
Swap Floppy Drive:
This item can be set as Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Disabled. When this feature is enabled,
you don’t need to open the computer case to swap the position of floppy disk drive connectors. Drive A
can be set as drive B and drive B can be set as drive A.
Boot Up Floppy Seek:
When the computer boots up, the BIOS detects if the system has a FDD or not. When this item is set to
“Enabled”, if the BIOS detects no floppy drive, it will display a floppy disk drive error message. If this
item is disabled, the BIOS will skip this test. The default setting is
Disabled .
Boot Up NumLock Status:
!
On: At boot up, the Numeric Keypad is in numeric mode. (Default Settings)
!
Off: At boot up, the Numeric Keypad is in cursor control mode.