Teknor Industrial Computers PCI-993, Technical Reference Manual

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AMIBIOS Setup 15-10
The various options in the ADVANCED SETUP are described below.
QUICK BOOT
This option enables AMIBIOS to boot faster than usual (from power on to adaptor
ROM initialization in less than five seconds). It also supports the Instant On feature as
specified in the Intel power management specifications. When Quick Boot is enabled,
AMIBIOS does not test system memory above 1MB and does not wait up to 40
seconds for a READY signal from the IDE hard drive (as a result, AMIBIOS does not
configure that drive if a READY signal is not received immediately).
BOOTUP SEQUENCE
This option specifies the boot sequence for drive A:, C:, CDROM after AMIBIOS
POST completes and attempts to boot DOS. The settings are C:, A:, CDROM or A:, C:,
CDROM or CDROM, C:, A:. When booting from the CDROM drive, the CDROM will
behave like drive A: if it has a floppy boot image. The CDROM drive will now become
drive A: and the first floppy drive will become drive B:. On the other hand, the
CDROM will behave like a hard drive if the CDROM has a hard disk boot image. The
CDROM drive will now become drive C: and all other hard drives will be shifted one
letter (the hard disk drive becomes drive D:).
BOOTUP NUM-LOCK
If this option is set to Off, the NUM LOCK key on the keyboard is turned off when the
system is powered on; you can use the
→
,
←
,
↑
,
↓
keys on both the numeric keypad
and the keyboard.
FLOPPY DRIVE SWAP
By enabling this option, floppy drive A: becomes drive B:, and drive B: (if present)
becomes drive A:. Thus you are allowed to boot from drive B:.
MOUSE SUPPORT
This option, when set to Enabled, specifies that a PS/2 type mouse is supported.