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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical
V09 – March 2008
Default Frequency
Ratio
Maintenance • Enabled
• Disabled
Enabled uses processor default frequency ratio.
Disabled allows programming of frequency ratio.
Default Gateway
This setting editable
only if Obtain an IP
Automatically is set to
No.
Manageability <Enter> Press <Enter> to edit the default gateway for the client
system.
DHCP Enabled Intel® ME > Intel®
Active
Management
Technology
Configuration >
TCP/IP
Configuration
[X]
[ ]
Toggle the checkbox (with the Enter key or the Space bar)
to enable or disable DHCP.
Disable Disk
Protection
Manageability <Enter>
Only allowed if disk protection is enabled.
Discard Changes Exit No changeable
options
Discards changes without exiting Setup. The option values
present when the computer was turned on are used.
Disk Protection is
<enabled or disabled
>
Manageability No changeable
options
Displays whether disk protection is enabled or disabled.
Hard Disk Protection is enabled by default after installing
Intel® Platform Administrator Client.
With Hard Disk Protection enabled, the client computer can
save a copy of the current OS image for recovery purpose.
This copy enables recovering a crashed client to a
previously saved state.
Diskette Controller Advanced >
Diskette
Configuration
• Enabled
• Disabled
Configures the integrated floppy controller.
Diskette Write Protect Advanced >
Diskette
Configuration
• Enabled
• Disabled
Disables or enables diskette drive write protection.
Display Setup Prompt Advanced > Boot
Configuration
• On
• Off
Displays the "F2 to enter BIOS setup" message during
boot.
DMA Mode Advanced > Drive
Configuration >
SATA/PATA
• Auto
• SWDMA 0
• SWDMA 1
• SWDMA 2
• MWDMA 0
• MWDMA 1
• MWDMA 2
• UDMA 0
• UDMA 1
• UDMA 2
• UDMA 3
• UDMA 4
• UDMA 5
Specifies the Ultra DMA mode for the drive.
DMI Event Log Advanced > Event
Log Configuration
• Enabled
• Disabled
Enable or disable the storing of POST error messages to
the DMI Event Log.
Domain Name Intel® ME > Intel®
Active
Management
Technology
Configuration >
TCP/IP
Configuration
User defined Sets the domain name.