Mainboard User’s Manual
Advanced BIOS Features
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Typematic Rate Setting : If set to “Enabled,” enables you to set the
Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay. The default setting is
“Disabled”.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) : This setting controls the
speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes. The
choices range from 6 to 30 Chars/Sec. The default setting is
“6” Chars/Sec.
Typematic Delay (Msec) : This setting controls the time
between the display of the first and second characters. There
are four delay choices: 250ms, 500ms, 750ms and 1000ms.
The default setting is “250” ms.
Security Option : This setting controls the password feature. The
options are “Setup” and “System.” Selecting “Setup” will protect the
configuration settings from being tampered with. Select “System” if
you want to use the password feature every time the system boots up.
The default setting is “Setup.” You can create your password by
using the “SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD” utility in the main
program screen.
APIC Mode : Enables or disables APIC (Advanced Programmable
Interrupt Controller) mode. APIC provides symmetric
multiprocessing (SMP) for systems, allowing support for up to 60
processors.
MPS Version Control For OS : Selects the operating system
multiprocessor support version. The default setting is “1.4”.
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB : Set to “OS2” if the system
memory size is greater than 64 MB and the operating system is OS/2.
The default setting is “Non-OS2”.
