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You can change the value of each option by using <PgUp> and
<PgDn> key. The available values are shown on the right
screen.
Quick Boot
>
Enabled
: this will enable the BIOS to boot quickly
when you turn on your computer. The BIOS will only check the
first 1MB of the system memory.
Quick Boot
>
Disabled:
the BIOS will test all system memory
when it boots up. It will spend about 40 seconds until it receives
a Ready signal from the HDD. It will also wait for you to press
the <Del> key or not.
1
st
, 2
nd
, 3
rd
Boot Device >
to define the sequence of boot drives
after the routines check up completes. If the 1
st
Boot Device fails,
the BIOS will attempt to boot from the 2
nd
or the 3
rd
device.
Try Other Boot Devices >
the BIOS will try to boot from any
other available device in the system if the 1
st
, 2
nd
and 3
rd
device
fails to boot.
Floppy Access Control >
to define the read/write access which
is set when booting from a floppy drive.
Hard Disk Access Control >
to define the read/write access
which is set when booting from a HDD.
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S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks >
to allow BIOS to use the
S
ystem
Ma
nagement and
R
eporting
T
echnologies protocol for reporting
server system information on a network
BootUp Num-Lock >
to turn on/off the Num-Lock option on an
enhanced keyboard when you boot. If you turn it off, the arrow
keys on the numeric keypad can be used just as the other set of
arrow keys on the keyboard and vice versa.
Floppy Drive Swap >
this function enables you to swap the
floppy disk drives via software or without moving the hardware.
Floppy Drive Seek >
when this option is turned Enabled, BIOS
will perform a Seek command on floppy drive A: before boot-up.
PS/2 Mouse Support >
to testify whether or not a PS/2 mouse
is supported.
System Keyboard >
to configure the keyboard. If you set it
Absent, BIOS will not report keyboard errors.
Password Check
>
to define if a password is necessary or not
for access to the BIOS setup.
Boot to OS/2 >
if you run the OS/2 operating system, this option
must be set to yes. It means you permit BIOS to run properly if
OS/2 or any other OS that does not support Plug and Play is
found in your computer.
CPU Serial Number >
this option is available only if you use
Pentium® III processor
.
Cache Bus ECC >
this option is available only if you use
Pentium® III processor.
System BIOS Cacheable >
to define whether or not the
memory segment FOOOH can be read from or written to cache
memory. Setting it Enabled will give faster execution in your
system.
4.4 Advanced
Chipset
Setup
These setup functions mainly working for Chipset (Intel 440BX).
These options are used to change the Chipset‘s registers.
