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ports on this mainboard.
USB Keyboard Support (Disabled)
Enable this item if you plan to use a keyboard connected
through the USB port in a legacy operating system (such as
DOS) that does not support Plug and Play.
IDE HDD Block Mode (Enabled)
Enable this field if your IDE hard drive supports block mode.
Block mode enables BIOS to automatically detect the optimal
number of block read and writes per sector that the drive can
support. It also improves the speed of access to IDE devices.
Init Display First (PCI Slot)
Use this item to specify whether your graphics adapter is in-
stalled in one of the PCI slots or is integrated on the
mainboard.
AGP Auto Calibration (Enabled)
This item allows you to enable or disable the AGP buffer
strength auto calibration through the chipset.
Power Management Setup Option
This option displays items that let you control the system
power management. Modern operating systems take care of
much of the power management. This mainboard supports
ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface). The sys-
tem has various power saving modes including powering
down the hard disk, turning off the video, suspending to RAM,
and a software power down that allows the system to be
automatically resumed by certain events.
Power Management Timeouts
The power-saving modes can be controlled by timeouts. If the
system is inactive for a time, the timeouts begin counting. If
the inactivity continues so that the timeout period elapses, the
system enters a power-saving mode. If any item in the list of
Reload Global Timer Events is Enabled, then any activity on
that item will reset the timeout counters to zero.