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AWARD BIOS SETUP
AWARD BIOS SETUP
On-Chip Primary PCI IDE (Enabled)
On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE (Enabled)
These parameters lets you enable or disable the IDE device connected to the primary/secondary
IDE connector.
IDE Primary Master PIO (Auto)
IDE Primary Slave PIO (Auto)
IDE Secondary Master PIO (Auto)
IDE Secondary Slave PIO (Auto)
Setting these items to Auto activates the HDD speed auto-detect function. The PIO mode
specifies the data transfer rate of HDD. For example: mode 0 data transfer rate is 3.3MB/s, mode
1 is 5.2MB/s, mode 2 is 8.3MB/s, mode 3 is 11.1MB/s and mode 4 is 16.6MB/s. If your hard
disk performance becomes unstable, you may manually try the slower mode.
IDE Primary Master UDMA (Auto)
IDE Primary Slave UDMA (Auto)
IDE Secondary Master UDMA (Auto)
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA (Auto)
These items allow you to set the Ultra DMA/33 mode supported by the hard disk drive connected
to your primary/secondary IDE connector.
Power ON Function (BUTTON ONLY)
You can select one of “button only , password , Hot-Key , Mouse-Left , or Mouse-Right” switch to
power on.
USB Keyboard Support (Disabled)
This item lets you enable or disable the USB keyboard driver within the onboard BIOS. The
keyboard driver simulates legacy keyboard command and let you use USB keyboard during
POST or after boot if you don’t have USB driver in the operating system.
Onboard FDC Controller (Enabled)
Setting this parameter to Enabled allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard
floppy disk connector instead of a separate controller card. Change the setting to Disabled if you
want to use a separate controller card.
Onboard COM Port 1 (3F8/IRQ4)
This option specifies the first serial port address and IRQ on the motherboard.
Onboard COM Port 2 (2F8/IRQ3)
This option specifies the secondary serial port address and IRQ on the motherboard.
COM Port Mode Select (Normal)
This option specifies the COM port operation mode as Standard, HPSIR or ASKIR.