Chapter 3. BISO Setup
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User’s Manual
BBS-3
: The system will boot from the fourth BBS (BIOS Boot Specification) compliant
device.
Disabled
: Disable this sequence.
Note:
Available settings for “1
st
/2
nd
/3
rd
Boot Device “ vary depending on the bootable devices you have
installed. For example, if you did not install a floppy drive, the setting” Floppy” does not show up.
Try Other Boot Devices:
Setting the option to yes allows the system to try to boot from other devices if the
system fails to boot from the 1
st
/2
nd
/3
rd
Boot Device.
S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks:
This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting
Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.M.A.R.T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard
disk failure. This gives you an opportunity to move data to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline.
Settings: Enabled and Disabled.
BootUp Num-Lock:
Set this option to
Off
to turn the Num Lock key off when the computer is booted so you
can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard. The settings are
On
or
Off
. The
default setting is
On
.
Floppy Driver Swap:
This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives. Selecting Enabled assigns
physical drive B to logical drive A, and physical drive A to logical drive B.
Floppy Drive Seek:
Set this option to
Enabled
to specify that floppy drive A: will perform a Seek operation at
system boot. The settings are
Disabled
or
Enabled
. The Optimal and Fail-safe default settings are
Disabled
.
PS/2 Mouse Support:
When this option is set
Enabled
, AMIBIOS supports a PS/2 type mouse. The settings
are
Enabled
or
Disabled
. The default setting is En
abled
.
Primary Display:
This option specifies the type of display monitor and adapter in the computer. The
settings are
Mono, CGA40, CGA80, EGA/VGA
or
Absent.
The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are
EGA/VGA.
Password Check:
This option enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every
time WINBIOS Setup is executed. If
Always
is chosen, a user password prompt appears every time the
computer is turned on. If
Setup
is chosen, the password prompt appears if WINBIOS is executed. The
defaults setting are
Setup
.
L1 Cache:
The option enabled or disabled the internal cache memory in the processor.
L2 Cache:
The option enables secondary cache memory. If enabled is selected, external cache memory is
enabled. If disabled is selected, external cache memory is disabled.
System BIOS Cacheable:
When this option is set to Enabled, the contents of the F0000h system memory
segment can be read from or written to L2 secondary cache memory. The contents of the F0000h memory
segment are always copied from the BIOS ROM to system RAM for faster execution.
