◦
On—allows you to power on the computer using a power strip switch, if the computer is
connected to an electric power strip.
◦
Previous state—causes the computer to power on automatically as soon as power is
restored, if it was on when power was lost.
NOTE:
If you turn off power to the computer using the switch on a power strip, you will not be
able to use the suspend/sleep feature or the Remote Management features.
●
Multi-Processor (enable/disable). This option may be used to disable multi-processor support
under the OS.
●
Hyper-Threading (enable/disable). Allows you to enable Hyper-threading. Default is enabled.
●
POST Delay (None, 5, 10 15, or 20 seconds). Enabling this feature will add a user-specified
delay to the POST process. This delay is sometimes needed for hard disks on some PCI
cards that spin up very slowly, so slowly that they are not ready to boot by the time POST is
finished. The POST delay also gives you more time to select
F10
to enter Computer (F10)
Setup.
●
Limit CPUID Maximum Value to 3. Restricts the number of CPUID functions reported by the
microprocessor. Enable this feature if booting to Windows NT.
●
Bypass F1 Prompt on Confirmation Changes (enable/disable). Allows you to set the
computer not to confirm when changes were made.
Execute Memory Test
(some models)
Restarts the computer and executes the POST memory test.
BIOS Power-On
Allows you to set the computer to turn on automatically at a time you specify.
Onboard Devices
Allows you to set resources for or disable onboard system devices (diskette controller, serial port,
or parallel port).
PCI Devices
●
Lists currently installed PCI devices and their IRQ settings.
●
Allows you to reconfigure IRQ settings for these devices or to disable them entirely. These
settings have no effect under an ACPI-based operating system.
PCI VGA
Configuration
Displayed only if there are multiple PCI video adapters in the system. Allows you to specify which
VGA controller will be the “boot” or primary VGA controller.
NOTE:
In order to see this entry, you must enable Integrated Video (
Advanced
>
Device
Options
) and Save Changes and Exit.
Bus Options
On some models, allows you to enable or disable:
●
PCI SERR# Generation.
●
PCI VGA palette snooping, which sets the VGA palette snooping bit in PCI configuration
space; only needed when more than one graphics controller is installed.
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