VIA 693A ATX
MAINBOARD
AWARD BIOS SETUP
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Init Display First:
( Default setting : Disabled )
When you have both the AGP and PCI VGA card installed in the system, you can
use this field to decide the display priority.
AGP Slot:
The display will be active on the AGP adapter.
PCI Slot:
The display will be active on the PCI VGA adapter
POWER ON Function :
( Default setting : “BUTTON ONLY” )
This mainboard provides several flexible and convenient ways to power on the PC
system. They are the “BUTTON ONLY”, “Password”, “Hot KEY”, “Mouse Left”
and “Mouse Right”, please refer to Section 2.2 for details of each feature.
To change the way to power on your PC system, move the selection bar to “
POWER
ON Function “
and use the arrow keys to select the option which you prefer.
When you want to use the password to power on your PC system, you may enter up
to four alphanumeric characters in this field. When you have entered the password
and press the “Enter” key, reconfirm the password one more time to complete
password setup.
KBC input clock:
( Default setting : “8MHz” )
This selection field allows you to select the clock frequency to the keyboard
controller on the mainboard.
Onboard FDC Controller:
( Default setting : “Enabled” )
This should be enabled if your system has a floppy disk drive (FDD) installed on the
system board and you wish to use it. However, if you add a higher performance
controller, you will need to disable this feature.
Onboard serial Port 1/2 :
( Default setting : “3F8/IRQ4, 2F8/IRQ3” )
This item allows you to determine access onboard serial port 1/port 2 controller with
which I/O address.
UART Mode Select :
( Default setting : “Normal” )
This item allows you to determine the Infra Red (IR) function of onboard I/O chip.
Onboard Parallel Port :
( Default setting : “378/IRQ7” )
Select a logical LPT port name and matching address for the physical parallel port.
