Asus L84B - Manual (Page 68)

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5. Configuring the BIOS
Installed O/S: [Win98/2000]
This field gives operating system information to the BIOS so that plug and play information can be set
accordingly. Select the appropriate operating system or select “Other” if your operating system is not
listed. [Other] [Win95] [Win98/2000]
>I/O Device Configuration: (described later)
Pressing [Enter] when this field is highlighted calls up a sub-menu for configuring the Notebook PC’s
serial and parallel ports. See the Advanced sub-menu for descriptions of each sub-menu items.
Large Disk Access Mode: [Normal]
Specifies the type of operating system in use. The default, Normal, should be always used unless UNIX
or Novell Netware is being used. Available configurations are:[Large] [Normal]
NOTE: The Large Disk Access mode controls how the disk controller accesses the
disk volume. Setting the option to Large may cause the hardware not to recognize
DOS, Windows or other DOS based operating system disk formats.
Advanced Menu
Selecting Advanced from the main menu bar display the Advanced menu as shown below.
Item Specific Help
Installed O/S: [Win98/2000]
I/O Device Configuration
Large Disk Access Mode: [Normal]
TV Mode: [NTSC]
Internal Pointing Device: [Enabled]
Num Lock: [Off]
Local Bus IDE adapter: [Primary]
Anti-Virus Feature: [Enabled]
QuickBoot Mode: [Enabled]
Select the operating
system installed
on your system which
you will use most
commonly.