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Allow you to enabled or disabled boot sector overwrite protection
Quick Power On Self Test
Select Enabled to reduce the amount of test ran during power-on self-test (POST).
First/Second/Third Boot Device
Selects order for boot devices
Boot Other Device
If enabled, the BIOS will check for unlisted boot devices after it has failed to boot
from the three listed boot devices.
Swap Floppy Drive
This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives. Selecting Enabled
assigns physical drive B to logical drive A, and physical drive A to logical drive
B.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
When Enabled, the BIOS tests (seeks) floppy drives to determine whether they
have 40 or 80 tracks.
Boot Up NumLock Status
Controls the state of the NumLock key when the system boots.
Gate A20 Option
Refers to the way the system addresses memory above 1 MB (extended memory).
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
When Enabled, you can select a typematic rate and typematic delay.
Security Option
If you have set a password, select whether the password is required every time the
System boots, or only when you enter Setup.
APIC Mode
The Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) prioritizes interrupts.
MPS Version Control For OS
Allows the operating system to work with multiple CPUs. Select “1.1” for
compatibility with older OS.
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB