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BIOS SETUP
BIOS SETUP
BIOS
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When "Setup" option is selected, you will be prompt to input your "Passwords" before
you can start the BIOS CMOS Setup Utility. When you select "System" option, you will
be prompt to input your password in order to load the Operation System (Window OS
or Linux OS).
PS/2 mouse function control
This mainboard has a built-in PS/2™ mouse port. If you are using the PS/2™ mouse,
please leave this field as “Enabled”. In case you prefer to connect a serial mouse to
the serial port instead of using the PS/2™ mouse, you may choose “Disable” in this
field so that the IRQ12 can be released for other devices.
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 operating system with greater than 64 MB of
RAM on your system. Otherwise, use the default setting “Non-OS2” for all other oper-
ating systems.
HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability
If your Hard Drive support the S.M.A.R.T. technology (Self Monitoring Analysis Report-
ing Technology) feature, you may “enable” this item to monitor and report your Hard
Drive healthy status. Check with your Hard Drive Vendor for further information about
SMART feature.
Note! Using this feature may decrease system performance.
Video BIOS / XXXX-XXXX Shadow
These fields allow you to change the Video BIOS location from ROM to RAM. The sys-
tem performance is enhancing when you enable this option, as information access is
faster through RAM than ROM.
