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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical
V09 – March 2008
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BIOS Setting Appears on BIOS
Screen…
Options Description / Purpose
Access Level Maintenance No changeable
options
Displays the current user's access level.
Access Mode Advanced > Drive
Configuration
• CHS
• LBA
• Large
• Auto
Allows you to select the sector addressing mode.
CHS (cylinder, head, sector) mode supports up to 528 MB
hard disks.
LBA (logical block addressing) mode supports hard disks
up to 128 GB in size.
Large mode supports hard disks above 528 MB in size, but
does not support LBA mode.
ACPI Power No changeable
options
Opens the sub-menu for ACPI (Advanced Configuration
and Power Interface).
ACPI Suspend Mode
(or ACPI Suspend
State)
Power > ACPI • S1 State
• S3 State
Specifies the ACPI sleep state.
Additional System
Information
Main No changeable
options
Displays information such as System Information, Desktop
Board Information, Chassis Information, etc.
AddOn ROM Display
Mode
Boot • Enabled
• Disabled
Enabled: the logo screen will be followed by the “AddOn
ROM” initial screen (the screen showing the add-on card
BIOS message).
Disabled: no “Add-On ROM” screen is followed.
After Power Failure Power • Stay Off
• Last State
• Power On
Determines the mode of operation if a power loss occurs.
Stay Off keeps the power off until the power button is
pressed.
Last State restores the previous power state before power
loss occurs.
Power On restores power to the computer.
Agent Manageability • Enable
• Disable
By default, Intel® Platform Administrator Agent is disabled.
To enable the agent, select
Enable.
AGP/PCI Burn-in
Mode
Advanced >
Chipset
Configuration >
Burn-in Mode
• Default
• 63.88/31.94 MHz
• 68.05/34.02 MHz
• 69.44/34.72 MHz
• 70.83/35.41 MHz
• 72.22/36.11 MHz
• 73.60/36.80 MHz
Enables the selection of specific AGP/PCI clock
frequencies. The host clock (system bus speed) is not
changed.
If this option is set to anything other than Default, the Host
and I/O Burn-In Mode is automatically set to Default.
Alternate DNS
Address
Intel® ME > Intel®
Active
Management
Technology
Configuration >
TCP/IP
Configuration
User defined Enter the address in dot-decimal notation.