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Chapter 3: Advanced CMOS Setup
The AMIBIOS Setup options described in this section are displayed by choosing Advanced CMOS
Setup from the AMIBIOS HIFLEX Setup Utility main menu. All Advanced Setup options are
described in this section.
Quick Boot
Set this option to ENABLED to permit AMIBIOS to boot within 5 seconds. This option replaces the
old
Above 1 MB Memory Test
option. The optimal and fail-safe default settings are
DISABLED.
Setting
Description
DISABLED
AMIBIOS tests all system memory. AMIBIOS wait up to 40 seconds for a
READY signal from the IDE drive. AMIBIOS waits up to .5 seconds after sending
a RESET signal to the IDE drive to permit the IDE drive to send a READY signal.
AMIBIOS checks if the <Del> key was pressed. Setup is executed if <Del> was
pressed.
ENABLED
AMIBIOS does not test any system memory above 1 MB. AMIBIOS does not
wait for a READY signal from the IDE drive. If a READY signal is not received
immediately, AMIBIOS does not configure the drive. AMIBIOS does not wait .5
seconds after sending a RESET signal to the IDE drive. AMIBIOS does not check
if the <Del> key was pressed.
Boot Up Num Lock
When this option is set to ON
,
AMIBIOS turns off the NUM LOCK key when the system is
powered on so the end user can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard.
The settings are ON or OFF
.
The optimal default and fail-safe default settings are
ON.
1
st
Boot Device
This option sets the sequence of boot drives for the first boot device that AMIBIOS attempts to boot
from after POST completes. The settings are DISABLED, IDE-0, IDE-1, IDE-2, IDE-3, FLOPPY,
FLOPTICAL, SCSI, CD-ROM, or NETWORK. The optimal and fail-safe default settings are
FLOPPY.
2
nd
Boot Device
These options set the sequence of boot drives for boot devices. The 2
nd
Boot Device settings are
DISABLED, IDE-0, FLOPPY, FLOPTICAL, OR CDROM. The optimal and fail-safe default
settings are
IDE-0.
3
rd
Boot Device
The settings are DISABLED, IDE-0, FLOPPY, FLOPTICAL, OR CDROM. The optimal and
fail-safe default settings are
CD-ROM
.