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BIOS Setup 3-11
sequence of the drive selected. Set [Boot Other Device] to [Enabled] if you wish to boot from another
device other than these three items.
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
Disabled , 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:
This item determines the default state of the numeric keypad at system booting up.
[On]:
The numeric keypad functions as number keys.
[Off]:
The numeric keypad functions as arrow keys.
Security Option:
This item determines when the system will prompt for password - every time the system boots or only
when enters the BIOS setup.
[Setup]:
The password is required only when accessing the BIOS Setup.
[System]:
The password is required each time the computer boots up.
To disable security, select Set Supervisor Password at main menu and then you will be asked to enter the
password. Do not type anything and just press the <Enter> key and it will disable security. Once security
is disabled, the system will boot and you can enter the BIOS setup menu freely.
NOTE: Don’t forget your password. If you forget the password, you will have to open the computer case
and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system. But by doing this, you will
have to reset all previously set options.
APIC Mode:
Leave this item to its default setting.
MPS Version Ctrl For OS:
This item specifies which version of MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) this motherboard will use. The
options are 1.1 and 1.4. The default setting is
1.4
. If you use an older OS for dual processor executing,
please set this option to 1.1.
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB:
This item allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in OS/2. Leave this item to its default
[Non-OS2] setting for operating system other than OS/2.
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