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Boot Up Floppy Seek
Setting to Enabled will make BIOS seek floppy
drive a: before booting the system.
Enabled
Disabled
Boot Up NumLock Status
Sets the NumLock status when the system is
powered on. Setting to On will turn on the
NumLock key when the system is powered on.
Setting to Off will allows users to use the arrow
keys on the numeric keypad.
On
Off
Gate A20 Option
This item is to set the Gate A20 status. A20
refers to the first 64KB of extended memory.
When the default value Fast is selected, the
Gate A20 is controlled by port 92 or chipset
specific method resulting in faster system
performance. When Normal is selected, A20 is
controlled by a keyboard controller or chipset
hardware.
Fast
Normal
Typematic Rate Setting
This item is used to enable or disable the
typematic rate setting including Typematic Rate
and Typematic Delay.
Enabled
Disabled
Security Option
Specifies the type of BIOS password protection
that is implemented. Setup means that the
password prompt appears only when end users
try to run Setup. System means that a password
prompt appears every time when the computer
is powered on or when end users try to run
Setup.
Setup
System
APIC Mode
This field is used to enable or disable the APIC
(Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller).
Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide,
the system is able to run in APIC mode.
Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQ
resources from the system.
Enabled
Disabled
MPS Version Control For OS This option is used to set up the version of MPS
Table used in NT4.0 OS.
1.4
1.1
OS Select For DRAM >
640MB
This item is only required if you have installed
more than 64MB of memory and you are
running the OS/2 operating system.
Non-OS2
OS2
HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability
The S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and
Reporting Technology) system is a diagnostics
technology that monitors and predicts device
performance.
Enabled
Disabled
Report No FDD For WIN 95
Whether to show NO FDD message for Win95.
Video BIOS Shadow
Enabled copies Video BIOS to shadow RAM
Improves perfermanc.
Disabled
Enabled
Silent Boot
Silent Boot setting
Disabled
Enabled
Configuration Table
Show summary screen
Disabled
Parameter
Description
Options
