Specifications

Chapter 4 BIOS Setup
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User Interface Options
• Keyboard and Mouse (Configuration)
♦ Numlock – [Disabled] or [Enabled]
♦ Typematic – [Disabled] or [Enabled]
These fields are used to set parameters for the keyboard.
• Delay – [250 ms], [500 ms], [750 ms], or [1000 ms]
This field determines how many milliseconds the keyboard controller waits before stating
to repeat a key, if the key is held down on the keyboard.
• Rate – [30 cps], [24 cps], [20 cps], [15 cps], [12 cps], [10 cps], [8 cps], or [6 cps]
This field determines the rate, in characters per second, the keyboard controller will repeat
a key, if the key is held down on the keyboard.
♦ Initialize PS/2 Mouse – [Disabled] or [Enabled]
* If this field is set to [Enabled], the BIOS will initialize the PS/2 mouse.
* If the PS/2 mouse is [Disabled], then the BIOS will not initialize the PS/2 mouse, which
may cause the mouse not to be recognized by the Operating System.
• User Interface
♦ Show “Hit <Del>…” – [Disabled] or [Enabled]
This field, if [Enabled], will place “Hit Del” on screen during the boot process, to indicate
when you may press “Del” to enter the BIOS Setup menus.
♦ F1 Error Wait – [Disabled] or [Enabled]
* If this field is [Enabled], the BIOS will display an Error message indicating when an error
has occurred during POST (power on self test) and wait for you to respond by hitting the
F1 key.
* If [Disabled] and an error occurs during POST, the BIOS will attempt to continue the boot
process.
♦ Config Box – [Disabled] or [Enabled]
This field, if [Enabled], displays the Configuration Summary Box, which lists the
configuration information for the system, at the completion of POST, but before the Operating
System is loaded.
♦ Splash Screen – [Disabled] or [Enabled]
* If Splash Screen is [Enabled] it stays on screen, until the booted Operating System
changes it, if the Config Box option is Disabled.
* If Config Box option is [Enabled], the Splash Screen stays on screen until the Config Box
is displayed.
The Splash Screen is a graphical image displayed as the default (Ampro Splash Screen) or
a user customized image on screen. Refer to the Splash Screen Customization topic later
in this chapter for instructions on how to customize the splash screen.