
CHAPTER 3
AMI
®
BIOS USERS GUIDE
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Floppy Access Control
This option sets the Floppy to Read-only or Normal. The default
value is Normal.
Typematic Control
Key strokes repeat at a rate determined by the keyboard controller.
When in normal mode, the typematic rate and typematic delay can be
selected. The default setting is Normal.
Password Check
This option specifies the type of AMI
®
BIOS password protection
that is implemented. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default setting is Setup.
External Cache
This option enables the level 2 cache memory. Choose Enabled or
Disabled.
System BIOS Cacheable
AMI
®
BIOS always copies the system BIOS from ROM to RAM for
faster execution. Set this option to Enabled to permit the contents of the
F0000h RAM memory segment to be written to and read from cache memory.
The settings are Enabled or Disabled. The Optimal default setting is Enabled.
Video BIOS Shadow
Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster
execution. Video shadow will increase the video performance.
Enabled(default)
Video shadow is enabled
Disabled
Video shadow is disabled