4-12 NEC Drivers and Utilities
Setup Prompt
The Setup Prompt field allows you to disable the “Press
<F1> Key To Enter Setup” message displayed during
POST. It does not control access, just the message. This
field can be either “Enabled” or “Disabled.” The default is
“Enabled.”
Hard Disk Pre-Delay
The Hard Disk Pre-Delay field causes the BIOS to wait a
specified time before accessing the first hard disk drive.
Setting a pre-delay provides the system with some time to
identify any additional drives before the standard hard drive
initializes. The default is “Disabled.” The delay times are as
follows.
3 seconds
6 seconds
9 seconds
12 seconds
15 seconds
21 seconds
30 seconds
Disabled (default)
Typematic Rate Programming
The parameter controls whether the default of user
configuration values are used for Typematic Rate Delay
and Typematic Rate.
Default
−
sets the Typematic Delay to 500 msec and
Typematic Rate to 15.
Override
−
provides the following two options. These
options allow you to customize the values.
