Chapter 4: BIOS
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PCI/PnP Confi guration
Clear NVRAM
Select Yes to clear NVRAM during boot-up. The options are Yes and
No
.
Plug & Play O/S
Select Yes to allow the OS to confi gure Plug & Play devices. (This is not required
for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug & Play.) Select
No
to allow AMIBIOS to confi gure all devices in the system.
PCI Latency Timer
This option sets the latency of all PCI devices on the PCI bus. Select a value
to set the PCI latency in PCI clock cycles. Options are 32,
64
, 96, 128, 160,
192, 224 and 248.
PCI IDE Busmaster
Use this setting to
Enable
or Disable BIOS enabled uses of PCI Busmastering
for reading or writing to IDE drives.
ROM Scan Ordering
This setting determines which kind of option ROM activates before another.
Options are
Onboard First
or Add On First
PCI Slot 1 ~ 7 Optrom
Use these settings to
Enable
or Disable the OPROM (Option ROM fi rmware)
for slot 1 through 7.
Onboard LAN Option ROM Select
This setting allows you to select iSCSI support instead of PCI-Express support
for Intel 82576 or 82574L communication chips. Options are
PXE
or iSCSI.
Load Onboard LAN 1/2 Option ROM
Use these settings to Enable or
Disable
the onboard option ROM for LAN 1
or 2. This setting must be enabled for each LAN port to view the Boot Menu
settings for it.
Load Onboard SAS Option ROM
Use this setting to
Enable
or Disable the onboard SAS option ROM.
Boots Graphic Adapter Priority
This setting allows you to select the boot priority for your graphics adapters in
your system. Options include
Onboard VGA
, Slot 6 or Other.
