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Advanced BIOS Features

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MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority Press and the following sub-menu appears: Select the hard disk priority (from the 1st to the 8th) in this list. Use the arrowup and arrow-down keys to select a device, then press to move it up or to move it down. Quick Power On Self Test Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the power-on self-test (POST). A quick POST skips certain steps. We recommend that you normally disable quick POST. Better to find a problem during POST than lose data during your work. First/Second/Third Boot Device The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system. Boot Other Device Setting the option to [Enabled] allows the system to try to boot from other device if the system fails to boot from the 1st/2nd/3rd boot device. Boot Up NumLock Status Toggle between [On] or [Off] to control the state of the NumLock key when the system boots. W hen toggled [On], the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling cursor operations. 3-8

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MS-9617 ATX Workstation Board
Advanced BIOS Features
Hard Disk Boot Priority
Press <Enter> and the following sub-menu appears:
Select the hard disk priority (from the 1st to the 8th) in this list. Use the arrow-
up and arrow-down keys to select a device, then press <+> to move it up or <->
to move it down.
Quick Power On Self Test
Select
Enabled
to reduce the amount of time required to run the power-on self-test
(POST). A quick POST skips certain steps. We recommend that you normally disable
quick POST. Better to find a problem during POST than lose data during your work.
First/Second/Third Boot Device
The items allow you to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load
the disk operating system.
Boot Other Device
Setting the option to [Enabled] allows the system to try to boot from other device if the
system fails to boot from the 1st/2nd/3rd boot device.
Boot Up NumLock Status
Toggle between [On] or [Off] to control the state of the NumLock key when the
system boots. When toggled [On], the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of
controlling cursor operations.