MSI 745 ULTRA User Guide - Page 53

Option, Description, BootUp, Num-Lock, Floppy Drive Swap, Floppy Drive Seek, Password, Check, Boot

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Chapter 3 tunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline. Settings: Enabled and 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 and 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. Password Check This specifies the type of AMIBIOS password protection that is implemented. Setting options are described below. Option Description Setup Always 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. Internal Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster 3-10

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Chapter 3
3-10
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.
tunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before
the hard disk becomes offline. Settings:
Enabled
and
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
and
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
.
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
.
Internal Cache
Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional
DRAM (system memory). When the CPU requests data, the system transfers
the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster