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ST
ANDARD AND ADV
ANCED BIOS SETTINGS
PRIMARY MASTER & SLAVE, SECONDARY MASTER & SLAVE
•Choose these icons to configure the hard disk drive named in the option. When you click
on an icon, the following parameters are listed: Type, LBA/Large Mode, Block Mode, 32-bit
Mode and PIO Mode. All parameters relate to IDE drives except Type
FLOPPY DRIVE A,B
•Choose the Floppy Drive A or B icon to specify the floppy drive type. The settings are
360KB 5
1
/
4
”, 1.2MB 5
1
/
4
”, 720KB 3
1
/
2
”, 1.44MB 3
1
/
2
” or 2.88MB 3
1
/
2
”.
1ST, 2ND, 3RD, 4TH BOOT DEVICE
•Set these options to select the boot sequence from different booting devices.
SMART FOR HARD DISKS
•This allows you to enable or disable the SMART function of hard drives.
QUICK BOOT
•When this option is set to ENABLED, the BIOS skips many of the POST diagnostic
steps so that bootup is faster.
PS/2 MOUSE SUPPORT
•When this option is set to ENABLED, the BIOS supports a PS/2 type mouse.
PASSWORD CHECK
•This option specifies the type of BIOS password protection that is implemented. The
settings are:
Setup - The password prompt appears only when an enduser attempts to run BIOS setup.
Always - A password prompt appears every time the computer is powered on or rebooted.
•The BIOS password does not have to be enabled. The enduser sets the password by
choosing the password icon on the BIOS setup screen.
INTERNAL CACHE
•Set this option to ENABLED to enable the Internal CPU cache.
EXTERNAL CACHE
•Set this option to ENABLED to enable the external L2 cache.
