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Chapter 4
BIOS Setup
Seek disk drives during boot up. D isabling speeds boot up.
[
Enabl
e
(Default Value)
,D isabled]
Boot Up NumLock Status
This field determ ines the configuration of the num eric keypad
after system boot up. If On, the keypad uses num bers keys. If
Off, the keypad uses arrow keys.
[ON
(Default Value)
,Off]
Gate A20 Option
This field configures how the gate A20 is handled. The gate A20
is a device used to address m em ory above 1 MB. At first, the
gate A20 was handled from a pin on the keyboard. While som e
keyboards still provide this support, it is m ore com m on, and
m uch faster, for m odern system chipsets to provide support for
gate A20.
[Fast
(Default Value)
:Gate A20 signal supported by core logic.]
[N orm al:GateA20 signal supported by keyboard controller]
Typematic Rate Setting
This field determ ines if the typem atic rate is to be used. When
enabled, the BIOS will report (after a m om ent) that the key has
been depressed repeatedly. When disabled, the BIOS will report
only once if a key is held down continuously. This feature is
used to accelerate cursor m ovem ents using the arrow keys.
[E nable, D isabled
(Default Value)
]
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
When Typem atic R ate Setting is enabled, this field specifies how
m any characters will be displayed in one second when a key is
held down continuously.
[6 (D efault Value)8,10,12,15,20,24,30]
Typematic Delay (Msec)
Typem atic delay allows you to select the tim e delay between
when the key is first pressed and when the acceleration begins.
[250m sec
(Default Value)
500m sc,750m sec,1000m sec]
Boot Up Floppy Seek
