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Table 4: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Advanced Menu
Menu Field Options Default Description
Plug & Play O/S:
■
No
■
Yes
[Yes] Select Yes if you are using a Plug & Play capable operating system.
Select No if you need the BIOS to configure non-boot devices.
Protected Device
Configurations:
■
No
■
Yes
[No] No: allows Plug & Play operating system to change device
system settings.
Yes: prevents a Plug & Play operating system from changing
system settings.
*ACPI operating system ignores this setting.
Serial/Parallel Port
Configurations
–— –— When selected, opens the Serial/Parallel Port Configurations sub-
menu which allows the user to modify settings for serial, infrared
and parallel ports.
Keyboard/Mouse
Features
–— –— When selected, opens the Keyboard/Mouse Features submenu,
which allows setting external and internal keyboard and
mouse parameters.
Video Features –— –— When selected, opens the Video Features submenu, which allows
setting of the display parameters, including routing of video signals
to different displays.
Internal Device
Configurations
–— –— When selected, opens the Internal Device Configuration submenu,
which allows enabling or disabling the Floppy Disk, IDE, Modem
and LAN Controllers.
PCI Configurations –— –— When selected, opens additional menus to configure PCI devices.
CPU Features Page –— –— Configures CPU features.
USB Features Page –— –— Configures USB features.
Event Logging –— –— When selected, opens the event logging submenu.
Advanced Menu
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