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Chapter 4
BIOS Setup
First / Second / Third / Boot Other Device
T he BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices
in the sequence selected in these items.
[Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1, HDD-2,
HDD-3, ZIP100, USB-Z IP, USB-CDROM, USB-HDD, LAN,
Disabled]
Swap Floppy Drive
When enabled, floppy drives A and B will be exchanged without
the user physically changing the connection on the cable.
[Enable, Disabled(
Default Value)
]
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Seeks disk drives during boot up. Disabling speeds boot up.
[Enabled
(Default Value)
, Disabled ]
Boot Up NumLock Status
[ON(
Default Value
),Off]
Gate A20 Option
T his field configures how the gate A20 is handled. T he gate A20 is
a device used to address memory above 1 MB. At first, the gate
A20 was handled from a pin on the keyboard. While some
keyboards still provide this support, it is more common, and much
faster, for modern system chipsets to provide support for gate A20.
[Fast(
Default Vaule
):GateA20 signal supported by core logic]
[Normal: GateA20 signal supported by keyboard controller].
Typematic Rate Setting
T his field determines if the typematic rate is to be used. When
enabled, the BIO S will report (after a moment) that the key has
been depressed repeatedly. When disabled, the BIOS will report
only once if a key is held down co ntinuously. T his feature is used
to accelerate cursor movements using the arrow keys.
[Enable, Disabled(
Default Value
)]
T his field determines the configuration of the numeric keypad
after system boot up. If On, the keypad uses numbers keys. If Off,
the keypad uses arrow keys.
