Kontron ETX-LX User Manual

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11 Appendix C: BIOS Operation

Kontron User's Guide ETX®-LX

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Feature

Option

Description

screen and sound an alarm beep.
> Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up and causes a
warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot
sector or hard disk partition table.
> Disabled: No warning message will appear when anything attempts to
access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.

CPU Internal Cache

Disabled
Enabled

Enables or disables the internal CPU Cache

Darkboot/Custom Logo

Disabled
Enabled

Enables or disables the Darkboot Logo

Gate A20 Option

Normal
Fast

Select if the chipset or the keyboard controller should control GateA20.
> Normal: A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20
> Fast: Lets the chipset control GateA20

SERIRQ Mode

Quiet
Continuous

Select mode of the Serial IRQ Protocol

FPU Imprecise
Exceptions

Disabled
Enabled

Select the FPU Mode. If enabled, the FPU runs in Turbo mode but does not
generate FPU exceptions. If disabled, the FPU runs in slower, but precise
mode and FPU exceptions will be generated.

Usercode Feature

Disabled
Enabled

Enables or disables scan for usercode

External NMI Feature

Disabled
Enabled

Enables external NMI over IOCHCK#

Security Option

Setup
System

Select whether a password is required every time the system boots or only
when you enter setup.
> System: The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if
the correct password is not entered at the prompt.
> Setup: The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the
correct password is not entered at the prompt.

PS/2 Mouse Control

Disabled
Enabled
Auto

> Disabled: prevents any installed mouse from functioning but frees up
IRQ12
> Enabled: Mouse function installed regardless if mouse is connected or
not
> Auto: Allows the operating system to determine whether to enable or
disable the mouse

Video BIOS Shadow

Disabled
Enabled

Enabled copies Video BIOS to shadow RAM (improves performance)

C8000-CBFFF Shadow
CC000-CFFFF Shadow
D0000-D3FFF Shadow
D4000-D7FFF Shadow
D8000-DBFFF Shadow
DC000-DFFFF Shadow

Disabled
Enabled

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