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BIOS SETUP
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Typematic Rate (Chars / Sec)
When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can select a typematic rate (the rate at which
character repeats) when you hold down a key of 6, 8, 10,12, 15, 20, 24 or 30 characters per
second.
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Typematic Delay (Msec)
When the typematic delay setting is enabled, you can select a typematic delay (the delay
before key strokes begin to repeat) of 250, 500, 750 or 1000 milliseconds.
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Security Option
If you have set a password, select whether the password is required while the system boots,
or only when you enter “Setup”.
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PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
This function is used to prevent conflict when a MPEG card or some capture cards use the
same palette address. Enable this to make the cards work normally.
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OS Select for DRAM > 64MB
Select “OS2” only if you are running OS/2 operating system with greater than 64 MB of RAM
on your system.
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HDD S.M.A.R.T capability
S.M.A.R.T. ( Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting )
If your hard disk supports this function, select “Enabled”.
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REPORT NO FDD FOR WIN95
Select “Yes” to report when there is no floppy disk drive under win95 operating system.
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Video BIOS Shadow
Software that resides in a read-only memory (ROM) chip on a device is called firmware. The
Award BIOS permits shadowing of firmware such as the system BIOS, video BIOS, and
similar operating instructions that come with some expansion peripherals, such as a SCSI
adapter. Shadowing copies firmware from ROM into system RAM, where the CPU can read
it through the 64-bit DRAM bus. Firmware not shadowed must be read by the system through
the 8-bit or 16-bit X-bus. Shadowing improves the performance of the system BIOS and
similar ROM firmware for expansion peripherals, but it also reduces the amount of high
memory (640KB to 1MB) available for loading device drivers, etc. Enable shadowing into
