MSI K8T800 User Guide - Page 58

BootUp Num-Lock, Floppy Drive Swap, Floppy Drive Seek, Primary Display, Password Check, Boot To OS/2

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BIOS Setup porting Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.M.A.R.T is a utility that monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure. This gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline. Settings: Enabled, Disabled. BootUp Num-Lock This item is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on. Setting to On will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on. Setting to Off will allow end users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad. Setting options: On, Off. Floppy Drive Swap Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drives A: and B:. Floppy Drive Seek This setting causes the BIOS to search for floppy disk drives at boot time. When enabled, the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boot process: the drive activity light will come on and the head will move back and forth once. First A: will be done and then B: if it exists. Setting options: Disabled, Enabled. Primary Display This configures the primary subsystem in the computer. Available options: Mono (monochrome), CGA40x25, CGA80x25, VGA/EGA, Absent. Password Check This specifies the type of AMIBIOS password protection that is implemented. Setting options are described below. Option Setup Always Description The password prompt appears only when end users try to run Setup. A password prompt appears every time when the computer is powered on or when end users try to run Setup. Boot To OS/2 This allows you to run the OS/2® operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB. When you choose No, you cannot run the OS/2® operating system with DRAM larger than 64MB. But it is possible if you choose Yes. 3-9

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BIOS Setup
porting Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.M.A.R.T is a utility that
monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure. This gives you an op-
portunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place
before the hard disk becomes offline. Settings:
Enabled
,
Disabled
.
BootUp Num-Lock
This item is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on. Set-
ting to
On
will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on.
Setting to
Off
will allow end users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad.
Setting options:
On
,
Off
.
Floppy Drive Swap
Setting to
Enabled
will swap floppy drives A: and B:.
Floppy Drive Seek
This setting causes the BIOS to search for floppy disk drives at boot time.
When enabled, the BIOS will activate the floppy disk drives during the boot
process: the drive activity light will come on and the head will move back and
forth once. First A: will be done and then B: if it exists.
Setting options:
Disabled
,
Enabled
.
Primary Display
This configures the primary subsystem in the computer.
Available options:
Mono (monochrome)
,
CGA40x25
,
CGA80x25
,
VGA/EGA
,
Absent
.
Password Check
This specifies the type of AMIBIOS password protection that is implemented.
Setting options are described below.
Boot To OS/2
This allows you to run the OS/2
®
operating system with DRAM larger than
64MB.
When you choose
No
, you cannot run
the OS/2
®
operating system
with DRAM larger than 64MB.
But it is possible if you choose
Yes
.
Option
Description
Setup
The password prompt appears only when end users try to
run Setup.
Always
A password prompt appears every time when the com-
puter is powered on or when end users try to run Setup.