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First/Second/Third Boot Device
Default: Floppy/CD-
ROM/HDD-0
Use these three items to select the priority and order of the
devices that your system will search for an operating system at
start-up time.
Boot Other Device
Default: Enabled
If you enable this item, the system will search all other possible
locations for an operating system if it fails to find one in the
devices specified under the first, second and third boot devices.
Swap Floppy Drive
Default: Disabled
If you have two floppy diskette drives in your system, this item
allows you to swap around the assigned drive letters so that
drive A becomes drive B, and drive B becomes drive A.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Default: Enabled
If this item is enabled, it checks the geometry of the floppy disk
drives at start-up time. You don’t need to enable this item
unless you have a old diskette drive with 360K capacity.
Boot Up NumLock Status
Default: On
This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when
your system is started.
Gate A20 Option
Default: Fast
This item defines how the system handles legacy software that
was written for an earlier generation of processors. Leave this
item at the default value.
Firmware Write Protect
Default: Disabled
If you enable this item, it protects the firmware (BIOS) from
being overwritten. Disable this item if you plan to flash a new
BIOS to the system.
Typematic Rate Setting
Default: Disabled
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 Delay (Msec)
Default: 250
When the typematic rate is enabled, you can select the delay
between when the key was first depressed and when the
