TYAN Tomcat K8E-SLI S2866, User Manual

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Boot Up Floppy Seek
During Power-On Self-Test (POST), BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive
installed is 40 or 80 tracks.
Enabled /
Disabled
Boot Up NumLock Status
This option, when enabled, automatically turns on your NumLock key when the
system is booted. This is a matter of personal taste.
On / Off
Gate A20 Option
This feature determines how Gate A20 is used to address memory above 1MB.
When set to Fast, the motherboard chipset controls the operation of Gate A20.
But when set to Normal, a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20.
Fast / Normal
Typematic Rate Setting
This feature enables you to control the keystroke repeat rate when you d epress
a key continuously. When enabled, you can manually adjust the settings using
the two typematic controls (Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay). If disabled,
the BIOS will use the default setting.
Enabled
/ Disabled
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
Defines how many characters are repeated per second when holding down a
key on the keyboard:
6 / 8 / 10 / 12 / 15 / 20 / 24 / 30
Typematic Delay (Msec)
Defines the delay (in milli-seconds) that occurs at keystroke before that key will
start to repeat.
250 / 500 / 750 / 1000
Security Option
Setting this option to System will set the BIOS to ask for the password each
time the system boots up. If you choose Setup, then the password is only
required for access into the BIOS setup menus.
Setup / System
APIC Mode
This option allows you to enable or disable Advanced Programmable
Interrupt Controller (APIC) Mode.
Enabled / Disabled