Chapter 2
Installation and Configuration
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only for modern operating systems such as Windows XP or 2000. The
default setting is
Enabled
.
Note
Refer to KnowledgeBase 3SIC67D8 at
ni.com/support
for detailed information
about switching between APIC and legacy PIC mode for Windows operating systems.
•
PIRQx Routing
—This setting selects the routing option for
PXI Express/PCI Express devices connected to PIRQx. This setting
affects OSes that do not use APIC routing. The default setting for all
PIRQx options is
IRQ10
.
•
PCI Option ROM Error Reporting
—When set to
Enabled
this
setting allows the BIOS to display error messages when trying to load
PCI Option ROMs. The BIOS may pause the boot process and wait for
user input. When set to
Disabled
all Option ROM errors at boot time
are ignored.
Security Menu
Use this menu to enable BIOS security options.
•
Set User Password
—This setting allows you to specify a password
that must be entered to boot the system. To activate this feature, you
must first specify a Supervisor password and enable the
Password on
boot
feature. By default, no password is specified.
•
Set Supervisor Password
—This setting allows you to specify a
password that must be entered to access the BIOS setup options. By
default, no password is specified.
•
Password on Boot
—This setting controls whether or not a password
is required to boot the system. If enabled, the user must enter the User
Password to boot the system. The default setting is
Disabled
.
•
Write Protect Boot Sector
—When set to
Yes
, this setting prevents
modification of a hard disk boot sector via INT 13h services, which
may help prevent certain computer viruses from infecting the
controller. This setting does not prevent boot sector modification by
32-bit operating system drivers that access the hard disk directly. The
default is
No
.