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BIOS Setup
1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device
Use these three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your system
searches for an operating system at start-up time.
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Removable Drives (Press Enter)
Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen:
Press <Esc> to return to Advanced BIOS Features page.
Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled)
Enable this item to shorten the power on testing (POST) and have your system start up
faster. You might like to enable this item after you are confident that your system
hardware is operating smoothly.
Boot Other Device (Enabled)
When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an operating system if
it fails to find one in the devices specified under the First, Second, and Third boot devices.
APIC Mode (Enabled)
This item allows you to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt
Controller) mode. APIC provides symmetric multi-processing (SMP) for systems, allowing
support for up to 60 processors.
Bootup Num-Lock Status (On)
This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started.
Removable Drives
Item Help
CMOS Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc.
Removable Drives
1st Drive
Specifies the boot
sequence from the
available devices.
[1st FLOPPY DRIVE]
F7:Previous Values F8:Fail-Safe Defaults F9:Optimized Defaults
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