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External Cache [Enabled]
The options are:
Enabled
and
Disabled.
Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled]
Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the POST. A quick
POST skips certain steps. We recommend that you normally disable quick POST.
Better to find a problem during POST than lose data during your work.
First, Second, Third, Fourth Boot Device [HDD-0, Floppy, SCSI, Disabled]
Thiese setup fields determine which drive to be searched first, second or third for
the disk operating system (i.e. DOS). You can select your priority bootup drives as
Floppy drive A, IDE Hard Disk Drive C, D, E, F, or SCSI.
Swap Floppy Drive [Disabled]
This field is effective only in system with two floppy drives. This item allows you to
determine whether to enable the swap floppy drive or not (i.e. physical floppy disk
A assigned to logical drive B or physical drive B to logical drive A).
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled]
During the “POST” process, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is
40 or 80 tracks. 360K-type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and 1.44M are all 80
tracks. Because few modern PCs have 40-track floppy drives, we recommend that
you set this field to
Disabled
to save time.
Boot Up NumLock Status [On]
This field allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad. “On”:
keypad is number keys after boot up. “Off”: keypad is arrow keys after boot up.
Gate A20 Option [Fast]
Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1MB (extended
memory). When set to
Fast
, the system chipset controls Gate A20. When set to
Normal
, a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20. Setting to
Fast
improves system speed, particularly with OS/2 and Windows.
Typematic Rate Setting [Enabled]
Setting Enabled allows you to adjust both settings. You can use this feature to
accelerate cursor movement with the arrow keys. When this item is set Disabled,
keep holding down a key will let the system to use the default typematic rate delay
of 250 msec, and typematic rate of 6 chars/sec to input repeatedly.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) [6]
When “Typematic Rate Setting” is Enabled, its selections allow you to select the
rate at which character repeats when you hold down a key.
Typematic Delay (Msec) [250]
When “Typematic Rate Setting” is Enabled, its selections allow you to select the
delay before key strokes begin to repeat.
