Specifications

Chapter 5 BIOS diagnostics and setup 35
Advanced CMOS Setup
Advanced CMOS Setup controls system settings and the ALI
M-1219 chipset’s configuration registers. Adjusting these parame-
ters may improve system performance, but make a note of the
original settings before you make any changes. Some combina-
tions of settings may cause your system to crash or become
unreliable.
From the main menu highlight the Advanced CMOS Setup option
and press <ENTER>. Press any key to clear the warning screen.
åFeatures
The following chart lists card settings which you can change in
Advanced CMOS Setup. It lists the default value for each setting.
This screen has several help screens, accessed by pressing the
<F1> key, which display setting options.
Feature Available options
Type Rate Programming Disabled (default)
Enabled
Type Rate Delay (msec) 500 (default)
Type Rate (Chars/sec) 15 (default)
Above 1MB Memory Test Disabled (default)
Memory Parity Error Check Enabled (default)
Disabled
Hit <DEL> Message Display Enabled (default)
Disabled
Hard Disk Type 47 RAM Area 0:300 (default)
DOS 1KB
This setting determines where in memory the hard disk information is
stored when you select hard disk type 47. If you disable BIOS Shadow
RAM, the Hard Disk Type 47 parameter table will use regular RAM.
There are two options, 0:300 (lower system RAM) and DOS 1 KB (the
top 1KB of 640 KB base memory).
Wait for <F1> if Any Error Enabled (default)
Disabled
System Bootup Num Lock On
Off (default)
Floppy Drive Seek At Boot Enabled (default)
Disabled