CHAINTECH 7NJL3, User Manual

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Chapter 3
First/Second/Third/Boot Other Device
This option sets the sequence of drives BIOS attempts to boot from after POST
completes. BIOS will search these drives for an operating system.
Swap Floppy Drive
Enabling this function will swap the floppy drive assignment so that drive A
will function as drive B, and drive B will function as drive A. Note that the boot
sequence assignment mentioned directly above does not include booting from
floppy drive B. This function is useful if floppy drives B and A are of a different
format and you want to boot from floppy drive B.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
This is a set up check for floppy power-on after starting the computer system.
Boot Up NumLock Status
This function defines the keyboard's number pad as number keys or arrow
keys. If it is set at on the number keys will be activated, if it is set at off the arrow
keys will be activated.
Gate A20 Option
This allows you to set the Gate A20 status. When set to [ Fast ], Gate A20 is
cont rolled by chipset. When set to [ Normal ], Gate A20 is cont rolled by a
specific pin from the keyboard controller. Available options are [ Fast ] and
[ Normal ].
Keyboard Interface:
Typematic Rate Setting
When enabled, you can set the following two-typematic control items. When
disabled, the keyboard controller determines keystrokes arbitrarily in your
system.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
The typematic rate sets the rate at which characters on the screen repeat when
a key is pressed and held down.
Typematic Delay (Msec)
The typematic delay sets how long after you press a key that a character
begins repeating.
Security Option
The Supervisor and/or User Password functions shown in Figure 3-1 must be
set to take advantage of this function. See Section 3.11 for password setting
information. When the Security Option is set to System, a password must be
entered to boot the system or enter the BIOS setup program. When the Security
Option is set to Setup, a password is required to enter the BIOS setup program.
APIC Mode
This item can enable or disable the APIC ( Advanced Programmable
Interrupt Controller ). Due to compliance to PC2001 design guide, the system
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