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Chapter 6 BIOS Configuration
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Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
When the typematic rate is enabled, the system registers repeated
keystrokes speeds. Settings are from 6 to 30 characters per second.
Typematic Delay (Msec)
When the typematic rate is enabled, this item allows you to set the time
interval for displaying the first and second characters. By default, this
item is set to
250msec.
Security Option
This field allows you to limit access to the System and Setup. The default
value is
Setup . When you select System, the system prompts for the User
Password every time you boot up. When you select Setup, the system
always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the
Setup utility is called up.
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Some non-standard VGA display cards may not show colors properly.
This field allows you to set whether or not MPEG ISA/VESA VGA
Cards can work with PCI/VGA. When this field is enabled, a PCI/VGA
can work with an MPEG ISA/VESA VGA card. When this field is
disabled, a PCI/VGA cannot work with an MPEG ISA/VESA Card.
OS Select for DRAM > 64MB
This option allows the system to access greater than 64MB of DRAM
memory when used with OS/2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to
access memory. The default setting is
Non-OS/2 .
Video BIOS Shadow
This item allows you to change the Video BIOS location from ROM to
RAM. Video Shadow will increase the video speed.
C8000 - CBFFF Shadow/DC000 - DFFFF Shadow
Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640KB to
1024KB. These fields determine whether or not optional ROM will be
copied to RAM.
Cyrix 6x86/MII CPUID
This field should be enabled when running Windows 2000 in order for
the OS to recognize Cyrix 6x86/MII processors.