PCI-946-1 and P3S440BX Technical Reference manual
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BIOS Features Setup (Continued)
Option
BIOS
Defaults
Setup
Defaults
Possible
Settings
Description
Report No FDD For
Win 95
No
No
Yes, No
Select Yes to release IRQ6 when the system contains no floppy
drive, for compatibility with Windows 95 logo certification. In the
Integrated Peripherals screen, select NO on the Onboard FDC
Controller option.
Hard Disk Write
Protect
Dis.
Dis.
En./Dis.
When Enabled, this option will not permit writing to the hard disk.
HDD S.M.A.R.T.
Capability
Dis.
En.
En./Dis.
When Enabled, the Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting
Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) features of the HDD are supported.
S.M.A.R.T is used for prediction of device degradation and/or
faults.
Delay For HDD (Secs)
0
0
0-15
This number of seconds inserted prior to HDD initialization. 0 is
disabled.
OS Select For DRAM
>
64MB
Non-
OS/2
Non-
OS/2
Non-OS/2,
OS/2
Select OS2 only if you are running OS/2 with greater than 64MB of
RAM.
Gate A20 Option
Norm.
Fast
Normal, Fast
When Fast, enables fast switching of Gate A20 via the 440BX
chipset, instead of the keyboard controller.
Security Option
Setup
Setup
Setup, Normal
If you have set a password, select whether the password is
required every time the system boots (“System” option), or only
when you enter Setup (“Setup” option).
Diskette Access For
All
All
All, Supervisor
When this option is set to Supervisor and the Security option to
System, all floppy disk accesses (read/write) are limited to the
Supervisor (supervisor password required).
Boot Up NumLock
Status
On
On
On, Off
Control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots.
When set to “On”, the numeric keypad generates numbers instead
of controlling cursor operations.
Typematic Rate
Setting
Dis.
En.
En./Dis.
When Disabled, the following two items (Typematic Rate and
Typematic Delay) are irrelevant. Keystrokes repeat at a rate
determined by the keyboard controller in your system. When
Enabled, you can select a typematic rate and a typematic delay.
Typematic Rate
(Chars/s)
30
30
6-30
char/sec.
When the typematic rate setting is Enabled, you can select a
typematic rate (the rate at which characters repeat when you hold
down a key).
Typematic Delay
(msec)
250
250
250-1000 ms
When the typematic rate setting is Enabled, you can select a
typematic delay (the delay before keystrokes begin to repeat when
you hold down a key).
VT100 Settings
Comport
1
1
1,2
Use this option to select which COM port will be used for VT100
Speed
Auto
Auto
Auto, 2400,
9600, 19200,
38400, 57600,
115200
Select the baud rate of COM port. used in VT100 mode.
Parity
None
None
None, Odd,
Mark, Even,
Space
Use this option to select the parity.
Data
8
8
7, 8
Use this option to specify the number of data bits being used.
Stop
1
1
1, 2
Use this option to specify the number of stop bits being used.
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