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completes. BIOS will search these drives for an operating system.
Swap Floppy Drive
Enabling this function will swap the floppy drive assignment so that drive A will
function as drive B, and drive B will function as drive A. Note that the boot sequence
assignment mentioned directly above does not include booting from floppy drive B.
This function is useful if floppy drives B and A are of a different format and you want
to boot from floppy drive B.
Boot up Floppy Seek:
This is a set up check for floppy power-on after starting the computer system.
Boot Up NumLock Status:
This function defines the keyboard's number pad as number keys or arrow keys. If it is
set at [
on
] the number keys will be activated, if it is set at [
off
] the arrow keys will be
activated.
Gate A20 Option
Enabling Gate A20 will allow access pathway to HMA (High Memory Area). Please
leave the default setting at [
Fast
] for better system performance. Available options are
[
Fast
] and [
Normal
].
Keyboard Interface
：
1. Typematic Rate Setting
When enabled, you can set the following two-typematic control items. When
disabled, the keyboard controller determines keystrokes arbitrarily in your system.
2. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
The typematic rate sets the rate at which characters on the screen repeat when a key
is pressed and held down.
3. Typematic Delay (Msec)
The typematic delay sets how long after you press a key that a character begins
repeating.
Security Option:
The Supervisor and/or User Password functions shown in Figure 3-1 must be set to
take advantage of this function. See Section 3.11 for password setting information.
When the Security Option is set to System, a password must be entered to boot the
system or enter the BIOS setup program. When the Security Option is set to Setup, a
password is required to enter the BIOS setup program.
APIC Mode
This item can enable or disable the APIC (
Advanced Programmable Interrupt
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Controller
). Due to compliance to PC2001 design guide, the system is able to run in
APIC mode. Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQs resources for the
system. Available options are [
Enabled
] and [
Disabled
].
MPS Version Control For OS:
This item allows you to select which MPS (
Multi-Processor Specification
) version
to be used for the operating system. You need to select the MPS version that supports
your operating system. To find out which version to use, consult the vendor of your
operating system. Available options are [
1.4
] and [
1.1
].
OS Select For DRAM >64MB:
If your system's DRAM is larger than 64MB and you are running OS/2, select OS/2 as
the item value. Otherwise, set the item value to Non-OS/2 for all other operating
Show POST CODE
Enabling or Disabling this function will allow the POST CODE to display or not.
Small Logo (EPA) Slow:
Enabling or Disabling this function will allow the EPA logo to display or not.
