IBASE Technology MB879, User Manual

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BIOS SETUP
Typematic Delay (Msec)
When the typematic rate is enabled, this item allows you to set the
time interval for displaying the first and second characters. By default,
this item is set to
250msec.
Security Option
This field allows you to limit access to the System and Setup. The
default value is
Setup . When you select System, the system prompts for
the User Password every time you boot up. When you select Setup, the
system always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only
when the Setup utility is called up.
APIC Mode
APIC stands for Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller. The
default setting is
Enabled .
MPS Version Control for OS
This option is specifies the MPS (Multiprocessor Specification)
version for your operating system. MPS version 1.4 added extended
configuration tables to improve support for multiple PCI bus
configurations and improve future expandability. The default setting is
1.4 .
OS Select for DRAM > 64MB
This option allows the system to access greater than 64MB of DRAM
memory when used with OS/2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to
access memory. The default setting is
Non-OS/2 .
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability
The default setting is Disabled.
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