ECS Elitegroup C51G-M2 [39/88] Using bios

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Using BIOS
APIC Mode (Enabled)
This item allows you to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt
Controller) mode. APIC provides symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) for systems, allowing
support for up to 60 processors.
Security Option (Setup)
If you have installed password protection, this item defines if the password is required at
system start up, or if it is only required when a user tries to enter the Setup Utility.
Typematic Rate Setting (Disabled)
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec): Use this item to define how many characters per second
are generated by a held-down key.
Typematic Delay (Msec): Use this item to define how many milliseconds must elapse
before a held-down key begins generating repeat characters.
If this item is enabled, you can use the following two items to set the typematic rate and
typematic delay settings for your keyboard.
ATA 66/100 IDE Cable Msg. (Enabled)
Enables or disables the ATA 66/100 IDE Cable Msg. This message will appear during reboot
when you use 40-pin cable on your 66/100 hard disks.
Swap Floppy Drive (Disabled)
If you have two floppy diskette drives in your system, this item allows you to swap the
assigned drive letters so that drive A becomes drive B, and drive B becomes drive A.
Boot Other Device (Enabled)
When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for operating system if it
fails to find one in the devices specified under the First, Second, and Third boot devices.
First/Second/Third Boot Device (Floppy/Hard Disk/CDROM)
Use these three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your system
searches for an operating system at start-up time.
CPU Internal Cache (Enabled)
External Cache (Enabled)
Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled)
Enable this item to shorten the power on self testing (POST) and have your system start up
faster. You might like to enable this item after you confident that your system hardware is
operating smoothly.
Users can enable this item to improve the system performance. Leave this item at the
default value for better performance.
All processors that can be installed motherboard use CPU internal cache memory to im-
prove performance. Leave this item at default value for better performance.
Boot Up Floppy Seek (Disabled)
If this item is enabled, it checks the size of the floppy disk drives at start-up time. You don’t
need to enable this item unless you have a legacy diskette drive with 360K capacity.
Boot Up NumLock Status (On)
This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started.
Gate A20 Option (Fast)
This item defines how the system handles legacy software that was written for an earlier
generation of processors. Leave this item at the default value.

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