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BIOS SETUP
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Typematic Delay (Msec)
When the typematic rate is enabled, this item allows you to set the time
interval for displaying the first and second characters. By default, this
item is set to
250msec.
Security Option
This field allows you to limit access to the System and Setup. The default
value is
Setup . When you select System, the system prompts for the User
Password every time you boot up. When you select Setup, the system
always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the
Setup utility is called up.
APIC Mode
APIC stands for Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller. The
default setting is
Enabled .
MPS Version Control for OS
This option is specifies the MPS (Multiprocessor Specification) version
for your operating system. MPS version 1.4 added extended
configuration tables to improve support for multiple PCI bus
configurations and improve expandability. The default setting is
1.4 .
OS Select for DRAM > 64MB
This option allows the system to access greater than 64MB of DRAM
memory when used with OS/2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to
access memory. The default setting is
Non-OS/2 .
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability
By default, this field is disabled. SMART stands for Self-Monitoring
Analysis and Reporting Technology.
Video BIOS Shadow
This parameter, when enabled, turns on BIOS ROM shadowing for the
block of memory normally used for standard VGA video ROM code,
which is C0000 to C7FFF (32K). See here for a full description of what
ROM shadowing does; in short, it speeds up your system by copying the
contents of your video BIOS code from the slow ROM in which it
resides into faster RAM
Small Logo (EPA) Show
The EPA logo appears at the right side of the monitor screen when the
system is boot up. The default setting is
Enabled .