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performance thus will largely increase.
Quick Power On Self Test
This feature allows you to reduce the time it takes to boot up the system. If
enabled
,
the BIOS will shorten the booting process by skipping certain some tests and shorten
others. It is recommended that you disable this feature when you boot up the system
for the first time or whenever you install a new piece of hardware. Doing this will
allow the BIOS to execute the complete diagnostic tests to detect the potential
problems with the hardware.
First Boot Device
This feature allows users to determine from which device the BIOS will attempt to
load the operating system first. If users want to install the operating system such as
Windows XP, they will need to set the First Boot Device as the CD-ROM to install the
operating system into the Hard Disk Drive (HDD).
Second Boot Device
This feature allows users to determine the Second Boot Device from which the BIOS
will attempt to load the operating system.
Third Boot Device
This feature allows users to determine the Third Boot Device from which the BIOS
will attempt to load the operating system.
Boot Other Device
This feature allows users to determine whether the BIOS will attempt to load the
operating system from the
Second Boot Device
or the
Third Boot Device
if it fails to
load it from the
First Boot Device
.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
If
enabled
, the BIOS will attempt to detect and initialize the floppy disk drive (FDD)
during the booting process. It will show an error message on the screen when the FDD
is not detected. Nevertheless, the users still can continue the booting process.
Enabling this feature is actually pointless and takes more time to boot up the system.
It is recommended that the users disable it.
Boot Up NumLock Status
There are two input modes for the numeric keypad
—
numeric & cursor control mode.
This feature allows you to select the mode the keypad will adopt.
On
represents the
numeric mode and
Off
, cursor control mode.
