VIA 82C693
MAINBOARD
AWARD BIOS SETUP
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The chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for two IDE channels. Select
Enabled
to activate the 0 and/or 1 IDE interface. Select Disabled to deactivate an
interface, if you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
IDE Prefetch Mode :
(Default setting: Disabled)
The onboard IDE drive interfaces supports IDE prefetching, for faster drive accesses.
If you install a primary and/or secondary add-in IDE interface, set this field to
Disabled
if the interface does not support prefetching.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO :
(Default setting: Auto)
The four IDE PIO (Programmed Input/Output) fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for
each of the four IDE devices that the onboard IDE interface supports. Modes 0 through
4 provide successively increased performance. In Auto mode, the system automatically
determines the best mode for each device.
Secondary Master/Slave UDMA :
(Default setting: Auto)
Ultra DMA/33 implementation is possible only if your IDE hard drive supports it and
the operating environment includes a DMA driver (Windows 95 OSR2 or a third-party
IDE bus master driver). If your hard drive and your system software both support Ultra
DMA/33, select Auto to enable BIOS support.
The Choice: Auto, Disabled
Init Display First :
(Default setting: PCI Slot)
This item allows you to decide to active PCI Slot or AGP first
The choice: PCI Slot, AGP.
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 to have.
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
