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Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup .............. 31
3.1 Introduction .......................................................... 32
3.2 Entering Setup ..................................................... 32
3.3 Standard CMOS Setup......................................... 32
3.4 BIOS Features Setup ........................................... 33
3.4.1 Virus Warning ............................................................................ 33
3.4.2 Quick Power On Self Test ......................................................... 34
3.4.3 Boot Sequence .......................................................................... 34
3.4.4 Boot Up Floppy Seek ................................................................ 34
3.4.5 Boot Up NumLock Status .......................................................... 35
3.4.6 Boot Up System Speed ............................................................. 35
3.4.7 IDE HDD Block Mode ................................................................ 35
3.4.8 Gate A20 option.........................................................................35
3.4.9 Typematic Rate setting .............................................................. 35
3.4.10 Typematic Rate (Char/Sec) .....................................................35
3.4.11 Typematic Delay (msec).......................................................... 36
3.4.12 Security Option ........................................................................ 36
3.4.13 OS select for DRAM>64 MB.................................................... 36
3.4.14 Video BIOS Shadow ................................................................ 36
3.4.15 C8000 - CFFFF Shadow / DC000-DFFFF Shadow ................ 36
3.5 CHIPSET Features Setup .................................... 37
3.6 Power Management Setup .................................. 38
3.6.1 Power Management .................................................................. 38
3.6.2 HDD Power Management..........................................................38
3.6.3 IRQ Activity ................................................................................ 39
3.7 PCI Configuration Setup ..................................... 39
3.7.1 Load BIOS Defaults ................................................................... 39
3.7.2 Load Setup Defaults ..................................................................39
3.8 Integrated Peripherals ......................................... 40
3.9 Password Setting................................................. 41
3.10 IDE HDD Auto Detection...................................... 41
3.11 Save & Exit Setup ................................................ 42
3.12 Exit Without Saving ............................................. 42