GIGABYTE GA-7vkml - Manual (Page 42)

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FFloppy Drive Seek
During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360 K type is 40
tracks 720 K, 1.2 M and 1.44 M are all 80 tracks.
8 Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk driv e to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks. Note
that BIOS can not tell from 720 K, 1.2 M or 1.44 M driv e ty pe as they are all
80tracks.
8 Disabled BIOS w ill not search for the ty pe of floppy disk driv e by track number. Note
that there w ill not be any w arning message if the driv e installed is 360 K.
(Default v alue)
FBoot Up Num-Lock
8 On Key pad is number key s. (Default v alue)
8 Off Key pad is arrow key s.
FPassword Check
Please refer to the detail on P.55
8 Alw ay s The user must enter correct passw ord in order to access the sy stem and/or
BIOS Setup.
8 Setup The user must enter correct passw ord in order to access BIOS setup utility .
(Default Value)
FS.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks
8 Enabled Enable HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability .
8 Disabled Disable HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability . (Default v alue)
FInterrupt Mode
8 APIC Through IOAPIC generate more IRQ for sy stem use.(Default v alue)
8 PIC Use AT stantard IRQ controlles to generate IRQ.
When you already have IOAPIC enable system and want to upgrade the sy stem please note, since
running an IOAPIC enabled OS (like Windows NT,Windows 2000, Windows XP...) system with none
IOAPIC HW support will cause the system to hang. Following are some situations users might run into:
1.An IOAPIC enabled OS and change the BIOS setting from IOAPIC to PIC, this will cause your
system to hang.