GA-6IEM Series Motherboard
32
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Passwor d Check
Please refer to the detail on P.60
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System
The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied
if the correct password is not entered at the prompt.
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Setup
The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct
password is not entered at the prompt. (Default value)
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Interru pt Mode
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APIC
Through IOAPIC generate more IRQ for system use.(Default value)
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PIC
Use AT stantard IRQ controlles to generate IRQ.
When you already have I OAPIC enable system and want to upgrade the system please note, since
running an IOAPIC enabled OS (like Windows NT,Windows 2000, Windows XP...) system with none
IOAPIC HW support will cause the system to hang. Following are some situations users might run into:
1.An IOAPI C enabled OS and change the BIOS setting from IOAPIC to PIC, this will cause your
system to hang.
2.An IOAPIC enabled OS and change a processor from IOAPIC supported to none IOAPIC support
(like VIA C3, Cyrix
®
M
II
, Cyrix
®
III
), and some I ntel Pentium
®
!!!
, Celeron
TM
Processor(certain lot
number), this will disable the IOAPIC in the BIOS and cause the system to hang.
When above situation happened you will have to reinstall the OS.
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MPS Ver sion Control For OS
(Support Multi Processor Specification revision 1.4)
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1.4
Support MPS Version 1.4 . (Default Value)
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1.1
Support MPS Version 1.1.
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HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability
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Enabled
Enable HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability.
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Disabled
Disable HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability. (Default value)
