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Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled)
This item allows you to decrease the time it takes to boot up the computer by
shortening or skipping certain standard booting procedures. If set to enabled,
the BIOS will shorten the booting process by skipping some tests and shorten-
ing others.
First Boot Device/Second Boot Device/Third Boot Device (Floppy/HDD-
0/CDROM)
Use these items to determine the device order the computer uses to look for
an operating system to load at start-up time.
Boot Other Device (Enabled)
If you enable this item, the system will also search for other boot devices if it
fails to find an operating system from the first two locations.
Swap Floppy Drive (Disabled)
This item allows you to swap the logical arrangement of the floppy drives.
Instead of opening up the motherboard case to do it physically, you can set
this item to Enabled. Then the first drive will be mapped as drive B: and the
second drive, mapped as drive A:, which is the opposite of the usual conven-
tion.
Boot Up NumLock Status (On)
Set this option to Off to turn the Num Lock key off when the computer is
booted you can use the arrow keys in both the numeric keypad and the key-
board.
Gate A20 Option (Fast)
This item determines how Gate A20 is used to address memory above 1MB.
When this option is 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. Setting Gate A20 to Fat improves memory access speed and thus,
overall system speed, especially with OS/2 and Windows.
ATA 66/100 IDE Cable Msg. (Enabled)
Enables or disables the ATA 66/100 IDE Cable Msg. This message will appear
during reboot when you use 40-pin cable on your 66/100 hard disks.
Typematic Rate Setting (Disabled)
If this item is enabled, you can use the following two items to set the typematic
rate and the typematic delay settings for your keyboard.
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Typematic Rate (6):
Use this item to define how many
characters per second are generated by a held-down key.
•
Typematic Delay (250):
Use this item to define how many
milliseconds must elapse before a held-down key begins
generating repeat characters.
Security Option (Setup)
If you have installed password protection, this item defines if the password is
required at system start up, or if it is only required when a user tries to enter
the Setup Utility.
