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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical
V09 – March 2008
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BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS
Screen…
Options Description / Purpose
Halt On Boot • All Errors
• No Errors
• All, But Keyboard
Used to configure what types of POST errors will halt
the system boot.
Hard Disk Boot
Priority
Boot Lists all installed
hard drive devices
Allows you to set the boot order of hard drives
Hard Disk Drives Boot No changeable
options
Opens the Hard Disk Drives sub-menu where you may
specify the boot sequence from the available hard
disk drives.
Hard Disk Pre-Delay Advanced > Drive
Configuration
• Disabled
• 3 Seconds
• 6 Seconds
• 9 Seconds
• 12 Seconds
• 15 Seconds
• 21 Seconds
• 30 Seconds
Causes the BIOS to insert a delay before attempting to
detect IDE drives in the system.
Hard Drive Power > APM • Enabled
• Disabled
Enables power management for hard disks during APM
standby mode.
Hard Drive Order Boot Lists all installed
hard drive devices
Allows you to set the boot order of hard drives (used when
Boot Menu type is set to normal)
HD Audio Link and
BP/FP Audio out
Advanced >
Peripheral
Configuration
• Enable Both
• Disable Both
• Disable Only
BP/FP Audio
Enable Both: Allow audio output to both the Back
Panel/Front Panel and HD Audio Link
Disable Both: Dsiable both audio out streams
Disable Only BP/FP Audio: Only HD audio content through
the HD Audio Link
HDD S.M.A.R.T.
Capability
Advanced > Drive
Configuration
• Enabled
• Disabled
Enable or Disable support for the hard disk's S.M.A.R.T.
(Self Monitoring Analysis And Reporting Technology)
capability. S.M.A.R.T. is supported by all current hard disks
and allows the early prediction and warning of impending
hard disk failures.
You should enable it if you want to use S.M.A.R.T.-aware
utilities to monitor the hard disk's condition.
HDD Self Diagnostic Advanced > Boot
Configuration
• Enabled
• Disabled
Enables or disables Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting
Technology (SMART).
High Definition Front
Panel Audio
This BIOS setting is
present only on Intel®
Desktop Boards that
include High Definition
Audio.
Advanced >
Peripheral
Configuration
• Enabled
• Disabled
Enables or disables High Definition Front Panel Audio
High Precision Timer Advanced >
Chipset
Configuration
• Enabled
• Disabled
Enables or disables HPET (High Precision Event Timer)
support. For more information, refer to
http://www.intel.com/technology/architecture/hpetspec.htm.
High Speed USB Advanced > USB
Configuration
• Enabled
• Disabled
Disable this option when a USB 2.0 driver is not available.