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devices in the sequence selected in these items: floppy disk drive A, LS/ZIP devices, hard
drive C, SCSI hard disk drive or CD-ROM.
Second Boot Device:
Description is the same as the First Boot Device, the default setting is HDD-0.
Third Boot Device:
Description is same as the First Boot Device, the default setting is LS120.
Boot Other Device:
This setting allows the BIOS to try three kinds of boot devices that are set from the above
three items.
Swap Floppy Drive:
When set to enabled, you don’t need to open the computer case to swap the position of floppy
disk drive connectors. Drive A can be set as drive B and drive B can be set as drive A.
Boot Up Floppy Seek:
When the computer boots up, the BIOS detects if the system has an FDD or not. When this
item is enabled, if the BIOS detects no floppy drive, it will display a floppy disk drive error
message. If this item is disabled, the BIOS will skip this test.
Boot Up NumLock Status:
On: At boot up, the Numeric Keypad is in numeric mode. (Default Settings)
Off: At boot up, the Numeric Keypad is in cursor control mode.
Gate A20 Option:
This item allows you to select how gate A20 is handled. Gate A20 is a device used to address
memory above 1 Mbytes. When set to Fast, the system chipset controls Gate A20.When set to
Normal, a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20. Setting Gate A20 to Fast
improves system speed, particularly with OS/2 and Windows.
Typematic Rate Setting:
This item allows you to adjust the keystroke repeat rate. When set to Enabled, you can set the
two keyboard typematic controls that follow (Typematic Rate and Typematic Rate Delay). If
this item is set to Disabled, the BIOS will use the default setting.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec):
When you press a key continuously, the keyboard will repeat the keystroke according to the
rate you have set (Unit: characters/second).
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