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Boot Sequence:
The default setting is “C, A, SCSI”; the other options are
“CDROM, C, A”, “C, CDROM, A”, “A, C, SCSI”, “D, A, SCSI”, “E, A,
SCSI”, “F, A, SCSI”, “SCSI, A, C”, “SCSI, C, A”, “LS/ZIP, C” and “C
only”. The BIOS will load the operating system from the disk drives in
the sequence selected here. You can bootup system from an LS-120 or
ATAPI ZIP driver, if you set the boot sequence to “LS/ZIP, C”.
Swap Floppy Drive:
The default setting is “Disabled”. This setting gives
you an option to swap A and B floppy disks. Normally the floppy drive A
is the one at the end of the cable, if you set this option to “Enabled”, the
drive at the end of the cable will be swapped to B.
Boot Up Floppy Seek:
The default setting is “Disabled”. If set to
“Enabled”, during bootup the BIOS will check for installed bootup disk in
the floppy disk drives.
Boot Up Numlock Status:
The default setting is “On”. If set to “Off”, the
cursor controls will function on the numeric keypad.
Gate A20 Option:
the defaults setting is “Fast”. This is the optimal set-
ting for the Mainboard. The other option is “Normal”.
Typematic Rate Setting:
The default setting is “Disabled”. If set to
“Enabled”, you can set the typematic Rate and typematic Delay.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec):
This setting controls the speed at which
the system registers repeated keystrokes. The choices range from 6 to 30
Chars/Sec. The default setting is “6” Chars/Sec.
Typematic Delay (Msec):
This setting controls the time between the dis-
play of the first and second characters. There are four delay choices:
250ms, 500ms, 750ms and 1000ms. The default setting is “250” ms.
Chapter 3: BIOS Configuration
