Table 5-5
Computer Setup—Advanced (for advanced users) (continued)
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POST Delay (in seconds). Enabling this feature will add a user-specified delay to the POST process.
This delay is sometimes needed for hard disks on some PCI cards that spin up very slowly, so slowly
that they are not ready to boot by the time POST is finished. The POST delay also gives you more
time to select
F10
to enter Computer (F10) Setup. Default is None.
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Bypass F1 Prompt on Configuration Changes (Enable/Disable). Allows you to set the computer not
to confirm when changes were made. Default is disabled.
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Remote Wakeup Boot Source (remote server/local hard drive). Default is Local hard drive.
BIOS Power-On
Allows you to set the computer to turn on automatically at a time you specify.
Onboard Devices
Allows you to set resources for or disable Legacy devices.
Select the Legacy device's IRQ, DMA, and I/O Range. The settings may not take effect for all operating
systems. To hide a device from the operating system, see Security > Device Security.
Bus Options
Allows you to enable or disable:
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PCI SERR# Generation. Default is enabled.
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PCI VGA Palette Snooping, which sets the VGA palette snooping bit in PCI configuration space; only
needed when more than one graphics controller is installed. Default is disabled.
Device Options
Allows you to set:
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Num Lock State at Power-On (off/on). Default is off.
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Multi-Processor (enable/disable). Use this option to disable multi-processor support under the OS.
Default is enabled.
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NIC PXE Option ROM Download (enable/disable). The BIOS contains an embedded NIC option ROM to
allow the unit to boot through the network to a PXE server. This is typically used to download a
corporate image to a hard drive. The NIC option ROM takes up memory space below 1MB commonly
referred to as DOS Compatibility Hole (DCH) space. This space is limited. This F10 option will allow
users to disable the downloading of this embedded NIC option ROM thus giving more DCH space for
additional PCI cards which may need option ROM space. The default is to have the NIC option-ROM-
enabled.
Recovering the Configuration Settings
This method of recovery requires that you first perform the
Save to Removable Media
command with the
Computer Setup (F10) Utility before
Restore
is needed. (See
Computer Setup—File on page 56
in the
Computer Setup—File table.)
NOTE:
It is recommended that you save any modified computer configuration settings to a USB flash media
device and save the device for possible future use.
To restore the configuration, insert the USB flash media device with the saved configuration and perform the
Restore from Removable Media
command with the Computer Setup (F10) Utility. (See
Computer Setup—File
on page 56
in the Computer Setup—File table.)
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