BIOS Features Setup Menu
Boot Up NumLock Status
It selects the option to turn on/off Num Lock when the system is powered on so the end user can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and the keyboard. The default value is On.
Boot Up System Speed
It selects the boot up system speed. The default setting is Fast.
Gate A20 Option
The default setting of the Gate A20 is Fast.
Memory Parity Check
This option enables parity error checking for system RAM. The default setting is Enable.
Typematic Rate Setting
Typematic Rate sets the rate at which characters on the screen at which characters on the screen repeat. The default setting is Disabled.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
Typematic rate sets the rate at which characters on the screen repeat when a key is pressed and held down. You can select 6-30 characters per second. The default setting is 6.
Typematic Delay (Msec)
When holding down a key, the time between the first and second character display. you specified numbers of times of character repeat on the screen. The default setting is 250.
Security Option
This category allows you to limit access to the system and Setup, or just to Setup. When you select system, the system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. If you select Setup, the system will boot but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. The default setting is Setup.
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
This option controls the system to access the PCI VGA card plalette register. In general, this option is disabled. However, you may need to enable this option for some VGA card which have incorrect color displayed problem on some software application..
VIDEO BIOS Shadow
The system BIOS is automatically shadowed . The default setting for the �Video BIOS Shadow� is �Enabled�. It determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM, however, it is optional from chipset design. Video Shadow will increase the video speed.
C8000 - CFFFF Shadow/E8000 - EFFFF Shadow
These categories determine whether optional ROM will be copied to RAM by 16K byte. You can enable the optional shadow or you can disable it. The default setting is disabled.
