5. BIOS Setup
DS-280H Series User’s Manual
19
Typematic Rate Setting
When disabled, continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only
one instance. When enabled, you can set the two typematic controls listed next. By
default, this field is set to Disabled.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
When the typematic rate is enabled, the system registers repeated keystrokes
speeds. Settings are from 6 to 30 characters per second.
Typematic Delay (Msec)
When the typematic rate is enabled, this item allows you to set the time interval for
displaying the first and second characters. By default, this item is set to 250msec.
Security Option
This field allows you to limit access to the System and Setup. The default value is
Setup. When you select System, the system prompts for the User Password every
time you boot up. When you select Setup, the system always boots up and prompts
for the Supervisor Password only when the Setup utility is called up.
APIC Mode
APIC stands for Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller. The default setting is
Enabled.
MPS Version Control for OS
This option is specifies the MPS (Multiprocessor Specification) version for your
operating
system. MPS version 1.4 added extended configuration tables to improve support for
multiple PCI bus configurations and improve future expandability. The default setting is
1.4.
OS Select for DRAM > 64MB
This option allows the system to access greater than 64MB of DRAM memory when
used with OS/2 that depends on certain BIOS calls to access memory. The default
setting is Non-OS/2.
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability By default, this field is disabled.
