User`s guide
Chapter 7: BIOS
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IDE Detect Timeout (sec)
Use this feature to set the time-out value for the BIOS to detect the ATA,
ATAPI devices installed in the system. The options are 0 (sec), 5, 10, 15, 20,
25, 30, and 35.
PCI/PnP Conguration
Clear NVRAM
This feature clears the NVRAM during system boot. The options are No and
Yes.
Plug & Play OS
Selecting Yes allows the OS to congure Plug & Play devices. (This is not
required for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug & Play.)
Select No to allow the AMI BIOS to congure all devices in the system.
PCI Latency Timer
This feature sets the latency Timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus.
Select 64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles. The options are 32,
64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224 and 248.
PCI IDE BusMaster
When enabled, the BIOS uses PCI bus mastering for reading/writing to IDE
drives. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
Load Onboard LAN1 Option ROM/Load Onboard LAN2 Option
ROM
Select Enabled to enable the onboard LAN1 or LAN2 Option ROM.
This is to boot computer using a network interface. The options are
Enabled and Disabled.
Super IO Device Conguration
Serial Port1 Address/ Serial Port2 Address
This option species the base I/O port address and the Interrupt Request address
of Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2. Select Disabled to prevent the serial port from
accessing any system resources. When this option is set to Disabled, the serial
port physically becomes unavailable. Select 3F8/IRQ4 to allow the serial port to
use 3F8 as its I/O port address and IRQ 4 for the interrupt address. The options
for Serial Port1 are Disabled, 3F8/IRQ4, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3. The options for
Serial Port2 are Disabled, 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, and 2E8/IRQ3.