Advanced bios features – Foxconn Bloodrage User Manual

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Advanced BIos features

► Removable Device Priority

This option is used to select the Priority for removable device.

► Hard Disk Boot Priority

This option is used to select the Priority for HDD startup. After pressing <Enter>, you can
select the HDD using the Up/Down arrow keys, and change the HDD priority using <PageUp>/
<PageDown>; you can exit this menu by pressing <Esc>.

► First/Second/Third Boot Device

These three options allow you to select the priority of boot sequence from different devices.

► Boot Other Device

With this function set to enable, the system will boot from some other devices provided that the
first/second/third boot devices failed.

► Boot Up Floppy Seek

This item controls whether the BIOS will be checking for a floppy drive while booting up. If it
cannot detect one (either due to improper configuration or physical unavailability), it will appear
an error message. Disabling this function, then POST will not detect the floppy.

► Boot Up NumLock Status

This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started. The
available settings are: On (default) and Off.

► Gate A20 Option

This feature determines how Gate A20 is used to address memory above 1MB. When this
option is set to Fast, the motherboard chipset controls the operation of Gate A20. But when
set to Normal, a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20. Setting Gate A20 to Fast
improves memory access speed and thus, overall system speed, especially with OS/2 and
Windows. This is because OS/2 and Windows enter and leave protected mode via the BIOS
a lot so Gate A20 needs to switch often from enabled to disabled and back again. Setting this
feature to Fast improves memory access performance above 1MB because the chipset is
much faster in switching Gate A20 than the keyboard controller. It is recommended that you
set it to Fast for faster memory accesses.

Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Advanced BIOS Features

► Removable Device Priority

Press Enter

Item Help

► Hard Disk Boot Priority

Press Enter

First Boot Device

Hard Disk

Menu Level ►

Second Boot Device

CD-ROM

Third Boot Device

Removble

Select Removable Boot

Boot Other Device

Enabled

Device Priority

Boot Up NumLock Status

On

Gate A20 Option

Fast

Security Option

Setup

APIC Mode

Enabled

MPS Version Control for OS

1.4

OS Select for DRAM > 64MB

Non-OS2

Report No FDD For WIN 95

No

Delay For HDD (Secs)

0

Full Screen Logo Show

Enabled

Quantum Logo Show

Enabled

Summary Screen Show

Disabled

Debug Code Control

LPC

↑↓→←:Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5:Previous Values F7:Optimized Defaults

Press Enter

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