Award 486F39X, User Manual

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Chapter 3: Software Guide
Boot
Up Sequence:
The default setting is “C:, A:“; the other
option is “A:, C:“. The BIOS will load the operating system from
the disk drives in sequence selected here.
Boot Up Floppy Seek:
The default setting is “Enable”. When
enabled, the BIOS will check whether there is a floppy disk drive
installed.
Boot
Up NumLock Status:
The default setting is “ON”. If set
“OFF”, the cursor controls will function on the numeric keypad
IDE HDD
Block Mode:
The default setting is “Disable”. When
enabled this feature will enhance disk performance by using
multi-sector transfer instead of one sector per transfer. Do not
change the default setting unless your disk drive supports multi-
sector transfer.
Gate A20 Option:
The default setting is “Fast”. This is the
optimum setting for the mainboard. The other option is “Normal”.
Typematic Rate Setting:
The default setting is “Disable”. If
enabled, you can set the typematic Rate and typematic Delay.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec):
This setting controls the speed at
which the system registers repeated keystrokes. The choices range
from 6 to 30 char/sec. The default setting is “6”.
Typematic Delay (Msec):
This setting controls the time between
the display of the first and second characters. There are four delay
rate choices: 250ms, 500ms, 750ms and 1000ms. The default setting
is 250ms.
Password Option:
This setting controls the password feature. The
options are “Setup” and “Always”. Select “Setup” will protect the
configuration settings from being tampered with. Select “Always”
if you want to use password feature every time the system boots
up. The default setting is “Setup”. you can create your password
by using the “CHANGE PASSWORD” on the main program
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