Specifications

DigiPoS Retail Blade
™
Manual
Operating System Dependant Settings
The defaults that were covered above are generalised and some settings need to be
altered in order to gain the maximum performance from your DigiPoS when using certain
operating systems. The following list describes the operating system dependant settings
and their reasons.
DOS
Advanced Bios Features
Feature Options
System BIOS Cacheable
Disabled
Enabled
Selecting Enabled allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-
FFFFFh, resulting in better system performance. However, if any
program writes to this memory area, a system error may result.
Video BIOS Cacheable
Disabled
Enabled
If this BIOS feature is enabled, a 32KB block of the video BIOS from
C0000h-C7FFFh will be cached by the processor's Level 2 cache. This
greatly speeds up subsequent consecutive accesses to the video BIOS.
However, caching the video BIOS does not necessarily translate into
better system performance. Modern operating systems like Microsoft
Windows XP do not need to use the video BIOS. They bypass the BIOS
completely and use the graphics card's driver instead.
Integrated Peripherals - Onboard Device Sub Menu
USB Controller
Enabled
Disabled
Enables or disables the on board USB controller
USB2.0 Controller
Enabled
Disabled
Enables or disables the on board USB 2.0 controller
USB Keyboard Support
Enabled
Disabled
Enables the use of a USB Keyboard (Standard functions
only) outside of an operating system.
USB Mouse Support
Enabled
Disabled
Enables the use of a USB mouse (Standard functions only)
outside of an operating system.
The USB options detailed above enable the use of a USB keyboard and Mouse under
DOS. If you are not using a USB keyboard and Mouse (i.e. BOTH are PS/2) then disable
all the above options.
PnP/PCI Configurations
PNP OS Installed
Yes
No
DOS is not Plug and Play Compatible.
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