IBM Aptiva 2187, Service Manual

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Virus Warning
Determines if the BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table
of the hard disk drive for any attempt at modification. If any attempt is
made, the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will
appear.
Afterwards, if necessary, you will be able to run an anti-virus program
to locate and remove the problem before any damage is done.
Quick Power On Self Test
Speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power up the
computer. If it is set to Enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check
items during POST.
Swap Floppy Drive
Determines if the swap floppy drive is enabled or not.
Boot Up Numlock Status
Determines the default state of the numeric keypad. By default, the
system boots up with NumLock on.
Typematic Rate Setting
Determines if the typematic rate is to be used. When disabled,
continually holding down a key on your keyboard generates only one
instance. In other words, the BIOS will only report that the key is
down. When the typematic rate is enabled, the BIOS will report as
before, but will wait a moment. If the key is still down, it will report that
the key has been depressed repeatedly. You might use this feature to
accelerate cursor movements with the arrow keys
.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
When the typematic rate is enabled, you can select the rate at which
the keys are accelerated.