IBM NetVista, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Boot Up Floppy Seek
Select
Enabled
to test the Floppy drive during
POST
.
Boot Up Numlock Status
Determines the default state of the numeric keypad. By default, the system boots up with NumLock on.
Gate A20 Option
This setting allows you to select how gate A20 is handled. Initially, gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard. Today,
the system chipset provide more common and much faster support than keyboards.
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.
Typematic Delay (Msec)
When the typematic rate is enabled, you can select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the
acceleration begins.
Report No FDD For WIN 95
Select [Yes] will report no floppy drive to the operating system.
Halt When Error Occurrence
This option allows system halt when POST error occurs. Select “Enabled” system will halt and “Disable” system will halt for 5
seconds then POST continues.
Halt on
Use this setting to determine under what conditions the power-on self test (POST) will halt when errors are detected.
ALL errors System halts in case of any errors
No errors System won’t halt in case of any errors
ALL, But keyboard System halts except for the keyboard error
ALL, But diskette System halts except for the diskette error
ALL, But disk/key System halts except for the diskette or keyboard error
Date and Time
Allow you to set the date and time.