AWARD BIOS SETUP
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Quick Power On Self Test:
The default setting is “Enabled”. This speeds up the Power
On Self Test (POST) by skipping some items that are normally checked during the full POST.
If your system is functioning normally, you can choose this feature to speed the booting
process.
Boot Sequence:
The default setting is “C only”; the other options are “CDROM, C, A” and
“C A” and “C, CDROM, A”. This setting determines where the computer looks first for an
operating system, the hard disk, or the floppy disk, … or other. The BIOS will load the
operating system from the disk drives in the sequence as selected here.
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
and drive B is at the other end. If you set this option to “Enabled”, the Drive A will function
as Drive B, and vice-versa under the DOS.
Boot Up Floppy Seek:
The defaults setting is “Disabled”. When enabled, the BIOS will
check whether there is a floppy disk drive installed.
Boot Up Numlock Status:
The default setting is “On”. If set “Off”, the cursor controls will
function on the numeric keypad.
Boot Up System Speed:
The default setting is “High”. This sets the CPU speed at boot up.
Gate A20 Option:
The default setting is “Fast”. This is the optimal setting for the CPU
card. The other option is “Normal”.
Memory Parity Check:
Select “Enabled”, ”Disabled”, or “Auto”. In Auto mode, the BIOS
enabled memory checking automatically when it detects the presence of ECC or parity
DRAM.
Typematic Rate Setting:
The default setting is “Disabled”. If enabled, you can set the
typematic rate and typematic delay.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec):
This setting controls the speed at which the system registers
the 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 display of the first and
second characters. There are four delay choices: 250ms, 500ms, 750ms and 1000ms.
The default setting is “250” ms.
