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Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup
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PMB-531LF USER
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S MANUAL
Normal: Maximum number of cylinders, heads, sectors
supported are 1024, 16 and 63.
Large: For drives that do not support LBA and have more
than 1024 cylinders.
LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive accesses, the
IDE controller transforms the data address described by
sector, head and cylinder number into a physical block
address, significantly improving data transfer rates. For
drives greater than 1024 cylinders.
VIDEO:
This category selects the type of video adapter used for the primary system
monitor. Although secondary monitors are supported, you do not have to
select the type in Setup. Available Options are as follows:
EGA/VGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array.
For EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA or PGA monitor
adapters.
CGA 40 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 40 column mode.
CGA 80 Color Graphics Adapter, power up in 80 column mode.
MONO Monochrome adapter, includes high resolution
monochrome adapters.
HALT ON:
This category allows user to choose whether the computer will stop if an error
is detected during power up. Available options are “All errors”, “No errors”,
“All, But keyboard”, “All, But Diskette”, and “All But Disk/Key”.
BASE MEMORY:
Displays the amount of conventional memory detected during boot up.
EXTENDED MEMORY:
Displays the amount of extended memory detected during boot up.
TOTAL MEMORY:
Displays the total memory available in the system.