Computer Setup—Advanced
NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware
configuration.
Table 3-5 Computer Setup—Advanced
Option Heading
Power-On Options Allows you to set:
●
POST messages (enable/disable). Suppresses most POST messages, such as memory
count, product name, and other non-error text messages. If a POST error occurs, the error is
displayed regardless of the mode selected.
● After Power Loss (off/on/previous state): Setting this option to:
◦
Off—causes the computer to remain powered off when power is restored.
◦
On—causes the computer to power on automatically as soon as power is restored.
◦ Previous state—causes the computer to power on automatically as soon as power is
restored, if it was on when power was lost.
NOTE: If you turn off power to the computer using the switch on a power strip, you will not be
able to use the suspend/sleep feature or the Remote Management features.
●
POST Delay (None, 5, 10 15, 20, or 60 seconds). Enabling this feature will add a user-
specified delay to the POST process. This delay is sometimes needed for hard disks on
some PCI cards that spin up very slowly, so slowly that they are not ready to boot by the time
POST is finished. The POST delay also gives you more time to select F10 to enter Computer
(F10) Setup.
BIOS Power-On Allows you to set the computer to turn on automatically at a time you specify.
Onboard Devices Allows you to set resources for or disable Legacy devices.
Bus Options On some models, allows you to enable or disable:
●
PCI SERR# Generation. Default is enable.
●
PCI VGA Palette Snooping, which sets the VGA palette snooping bit in PCI configuration
space; only needed when more than one graphics controller is installed. Default is disable.
Device Options Allows you to set:
● Num Lock State at Power-On (off/on). Default is on.
●
Multi-Processor (enable/disable). Use this option to disable multi-processor support under
the OS. Default is enabled.
●
Hyper-threading (Enable/disable). Provides processor parallelization such that the operating
system treats one processor as two. Default is enable.
●
NIC Option ROM Download (enable/disable). The BIOS contains an embedded NIC option
ROM to allow the unit to boot through the network to a PXE server. This is typically used to
download a corporate image to a hard drive. The NIC option ROM takes up memory space
below 1 MB commonly referred to as DOS Compatibility Hole (DCH) space. This space is
limited. This F10 option will allow users to disable the downloading of this embedded NIC
option ROM thus giving more DCH space for additional PCI cards which may need option
ROM space. Default is-enable.
●
Processor Frequency Multiplier. Accessible using CTRL+A. The frequency multiplier adapts
the external frequency of the computer to the internal frequency of the processor. This
setting lets you overclock your computer.
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