Mainboard User’s Manual
Advanced BIOS Features
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First/Second/Third Boot Device : Use these three items to select
the priority and order of the devices that your system searches for an
operating system at start-up time. The default settings are “Floppy”,
“HDD-0”, or “LS120” respectively.
Boot Other Device : If you enable this item, the system will search
all other possible locations for an operating system if it fails t o find
one in the devices specified under the First, Second, and Third boot
devices. The default setting is “Enabled”.
Swap Floppy Drive : If you have two floppy diskette drives in your
system, this item allows you to swap the assigned drive letters so that
drive A becomes drive B, and drive B becomes drive A. The default
setting is “Disabled”.
Boot Up Floppy Seek : If this item is enabled, it checks the
geometry of the floppy disk drives at start-up time. You don’t need
to enable this item unless you have an old diskette drive with 360K
capacity. The default setting is “Enabled”.
Boot Up Numlock Status : If set to “Off,” the cursor controls will
function on the numeric keypad. The default setting is “On”.
Gate A20 Option : This option accesses memory above 1 MB using
the fast gate A20 line when set to “Fast” (default). The other option
is “Normal.”
Typematic Rate Setting : If set to “Enabled,” enables you to set the
Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay. The default setting is
“Disabled”.
