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The following screen will be displayed if you select Advanced CMOS Setup:

You can change the value of each option by using the PgUp and PgDn key. The avail-
able options are shown on the right side of the screen.

Quick Boot > :

With the Quick Boot set to

Enabled

, the BIOS will only check the first 1 MB

of the system memory, providing a quick boot when you turn on your computer. With
the Quick Boot

Disabled

, the BIOS will test all system memory when it boots up. It will

spend about 40 seconds until it receives a Ready signal from the HDD. It will also wait
for you to press the

Del

key.

1st, 2nd, 3rd Boot Device >:

This is used to define the sequence of boot drives after the rou-

tine check up completes. If the 1st Boot Device fails, the BIOS will attempt to boot from
the 2nd or 3rd device. The Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are C:, A:, CDROM.

Try Other Boot Devices >:

The BIOS will try to boot from any other available device in the

system if the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd device fails to boot.

Floppy Access Control >:

This defines the read/write access which is set when booting from

a floppy drive.

Hard Disk Access Control >:

This defines the read/write access which is set when booting

from a HDD.

S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks >:

Allows the BIOS to use the System Management and Reporting

Technologies protocol for reporting server system information on a network.

BootUp Num-Lock >:

Turns on/off the Num-Lock option on an enhanced keyboard when

you boot. If you turn it off, the arrow keys on the numeric keypad can be used just as
the other set of arrow keys on the keyboard and vice versa.

AMI BIOS Setup Menus

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