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Using BIOS
Boot Other Device (Enabled)
When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an operating system if
it fails to find one in the devices specified under the First, Second, and Third boot devices.
Boot Up Floppy Seek (Disabled)
If this item is enabled, it checks the size of the floppy disk drives at start-up time. You
don’t need to enable this item unless you have a legacy diskette drive with 360K capacity.
Boot Up NumLock Status (On)
This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started.
Typematic Rate Setting (Disabled)
If this item is enabled, you can use the following two items to set the typematic rate and the
typematic delay settings for your keyboard.
• Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) : Use this item to define how many characters
per second are generated by a held-down key.
• Typematic Delay (Msec): Use this item to define how many milliseconds
must elapse before a held-down key begins generating repeat characters.
Security Option (Setup)
If you have installed password protection, this item defines if the password is required at
system start up, or if it is only required when a user tries to enter the Setup Utility.
APIC Mode (Enabled)
This item allows you to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt
Controller) mode. APIC provides symmetric multi-processing (SMP) for systems, allowing
support for up to 60 processors.
Swap Floppy Drive [Disabled]
If you have two floppy diskette drives in your system, this item allows you to swap the
assigned drive letters so that drive A becomes drive B, and drive B becomes drive A.
HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability [Disabled]
The S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) system is a diag-
nostics technology that monitors and predicts device performance S.M.A.R.T. software
resides on both the disk drive and the host computer.
The disk drive software monitors the internal performance of the motors, media, heads and
electronics of the drive. The host software monitors the overall reliability status of the
drive. If a device failure is predicted, the host software, through the
Client WORKS S.M.A.R.T applet, warns the user of the impending condition and advises
appropriate action to protect the data.
Video BIOS Shadow (Enabled)
This item determines whether the BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution.
Small Logo (EPA) Show [Disabled]
Enables or disables the display of the EPA logo during boot.