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Quick Power On Self Test
This item speeds up Power-On Self Test (POST) after you power on the
computer. If it is set to enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check
items during POST.
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The choice: Enabled, or Disabled.
First/Second/Third Boot Device
The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the
sequence selected in these items.
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The Choice: Floppy, LS120, HDD-0, SCSI, CDROM, HDD-1,
HDD-2, HDD-3, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, USB-
HDD, LAN, or Disabled.
Boot Other Device
Select Your Boot Device Priority.
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The choice: Enabled or Disabled.
Swap Floppy Drive
If the system has two floppy drives, you can swap the logical drive
name assignment.
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The choice: Enabled or Disabled.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Seeks disk drives during boot-Up. Disabling speed boots up.
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The choice: Enabled or Disabled.
Boot Up NumLock Status
Selects power-on state for NumLock.
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The choice: Off or On.
Gate A20 Option
This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The gate
A20 is a device used for above 1MByte of address memory. Initially,
the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard. Today, while a
keyboard still provides this support, it is more common and much faster
in setting to Fast for the system chipset to provide support for gate A20.
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The choice: Normal, or Fast.
ATA 66/100 Cable MSG
This item enables or disables the display of the ATA 66/100 Cable
MSG.
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The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
