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NP BIOS Settings |
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Updated
30 May 2002 |
Using this setup, you can select the system’s default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security.
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Enabled |
Activates automatically when the system boots up causing
a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector
or hard disk partition table. |
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Disabled
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No warning message will appear when anything attempts to
access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. |
When this item is enabled, the BIOS will monitor the boot
sector and partition table of the hard disk drive for any attempt at
modification. If an attempt is made, the BIOS will halt the system and the
following error message will appear(NOT in all versions ). Many
disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table can
cause the above warning message. If you will be running such a program, first
you may need to disable Virus Warning (Virus Protection) beforehand.
When you find the message on your screen, run the
anti-virus program to see whether your system is infected by a virus or not.
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! WARNING ! Disk
boot sector is to be modified Type ‘Y’ to
accept write or ‘N’ to abort write
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This option enables/disables the CPU’s internal cache
(L1). This category speeds up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset
design.
This option enables/disables the external cache memory
(L2). This category speeds up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset
design.
This category speeds up Power On Self Test after you power up the computer. If you set Enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.
Boot Sequence
This category determines which drive to search first for the disk operating system (e.g., DOS). Take “A,C,SCSI”
For example. System will search in floppy disk drive; second is hard disk drive; and finally SCSI drive.
Options may available:
A,C,SCSI; C,A,SCSI; C,CDROM,A; CDROM,C,A; D,A,SCSI; E,A,SCSI; F,A,SCSI; SCSI,C,A; C Only; LS/ZIP,C;….
When select to load the OS from “CDROM,C,A” or “LS/ZIP,C”, you must select the “HARD DISK TYPE and MODE” properly, the “AUTO” selection is recommended so that you can use CDROM or LS/ZIP device to load the OS into your system. (You can find these items in the “STANDARD CMOS SETUP”)
Swap Floppy Drive
When enable this option, the device name of the floppy drives will be swapped, For example, drive A will be treated as drive B, and drive B, as drive A. (You need two floppy drives).
Boot UP Floppy Seek
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Enabled |
BIOS search for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks |
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Disabled |
BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number |
During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed is 40 tracks (360K) or 80 tracks (720K, 1.2M, 1.44M)
This allows you to determine the default state of the
numeric keypad on your keyboard. If you select “On”, the system boots up with
NumLock on.
“Off” puts this keypad in arrow key mode at boot up.
Selects the default system speed-the normal operating at
speed at power up.
This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 MB. Normal is keyboard; Fast is chipset.
Typematic Rate Setting
This determines if the typematic rate is to be used. When disabled, continually holding down a key on your keyboard will generate only one instance.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
When the typematic rate is enabled, this section allows you select the rate at which the keys are accelerated.
e.g.
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6 |
6 characters per second |
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8 |
8 characters per second |
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10 |
10 characters per second |
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12 |
12 characters per second |
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15 |
15 characters per second |
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20 |
20 characters per second |
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24 |
24 characters per second |
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30 |
30 characters per second |
Typematic Delay (Msec)
When the typematic rate is enabled, this section allows
you to select the delay between when the key was first depressed and when the
acceleration begins.
e.g.
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250 |
250 msec |
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500 |
500 msec |
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750 |
750 msec |
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1000 |
1000 msec |
Choose Setup or System. Use this feature to prevent
unauthorized system boot-up or use of BIOS setup.
Setup - If a password is set, the password prompt only appears if you
attempt to enter the setup program.
Enabled |
When PCI/VGA working with MPEG ISA/VESA VGA card |
Disabled |
When PCI/VGA not working with MPEG ISA/VESA VGA card |
Some display cards are non-standard VGA card (such as
graphics accelerator or MPEG card) which may not display color properly on your
screen. “Enable” the setting in this field may correct this problem. Set this
option to “Disabled” if you are using a normal display card.
OS2:
Choosing this when you are using OS/2 operating system.
Non-OS/2: Choosing this when you are using non-OS/2 operating system.
When you are using the IBM’s “OS/2™” operating system and
the system memory is more than 64MB, you will have to select the setting to
“OS/2”, otherwise, leave this on the default setting “Non-OS2” for all other
operating system.
Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM.
However it is optional depending on chipset design. Video shadow will increase
the video speed. BIOS shadow copies BIOS code from slower ROM to faster RAM.
BIOS can then execute from RAM. These 16K segments can be shadowed from ROM to
RAM. BIOS is shadowed in a 16K segment if it is enabled and it has BIOS
present.
These categories determine whether option ROM’s will be copied to RAM. An example of such option ROM would be the support of onboard SCSI.
also,
C8000-CBFFF Shadow, CC000-CFFF Shadow, D0000-D3FFF
Shadow: D4000-D7FFF Shadow, D8000-DBFFF Shadow…
These are categories determining whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16KB or 32KB per unit and the size depends on chipset.
PS/2 Mouse Function Control
If you mainboard has a built-in PS/2™ mouse port, In case that you prefer to connect your mouse to the serial port instead of using the PS/2 mouse, you may choose “Disable” in this field so that IRQ can be released for the other devices; If you are using the PS/2 mouse, select this to “Enabled”.
Assign IRQ For VGA
When this item is enabled, the system will assign an IRQ for VGA. If this item is disabled, the VGA will not occupy an IRQ; therefore the IRQ of VGA will be released for other usage.
Report No FDD For WIN 95
Set this item to Yes BIOS will report FDD to Win95. If in standard CMOS setup, set Drive A to none, and set this item to Yes. Inside Win95, My Computer and file manager Disk (A:) will show Removable Disk (A:).
