Chapter 5: Running Setup
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been tried for booting). If selected as
No
and all selected boot devices failed
to boot, the BIOS will try not to boot from the other boot devices which may
be present but not selected as boot devices in setup.
Initial Display Mode
This option determines the display screen with which the POST is going to
start the display. The settings for this option are
BIOS
or
Silent
. If
selected as
BIOS,
the POST will start with the normal sign-on message
screen. If
Silent
is selected, the POST will start with the silent screen.
Display Mode at Add-on ROM Init
This option determines the display mode during add-on ROM (except Video
add-on ROM) initialization. The settings for this option are
Force BIOS
or
Keep Current
. If selected as
Force BIOS,
the POST will force the display
to be changed to BIOS mode before giving control to any add-on ROM. If
no add-on ROM is found, then the current display mode will remain
unchanged even if this setup question is selected as
Force BIOS.
If
selected as
Keep Current,
then the current display mode will remain
unchanged.
Floppy Access Control
The settings for this option are
Read-Write
or
Read-Only
.
Hard Disk Access Control
The settings for this option are
Read-Write
or
Read-Only
.
S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disks
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a
technology developed to manage the reliability of the hard disk by predict-
ing future device failures. The hard disk needs to be S.M.A.R.T. capable.
The settings for this option are
Disabled
or
Enabled
.
Note: S.M.A.R.T.
cannot predict all future device failures. S.M.A.R.T. should be used as
a warning tool, not as a tool to predict the device reliability
.
Boot Up Num-Lock
Settings for this option are
On
or
Off
. When this option is set to
On
, the
BIOS turns off the Num Lock key when the system is powered on. This will
enable the end user to use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and
the keyboard.
PS/2 Mouse Support
Settings for this option are
Enabled
or
Disabled
. When this option is set to
Enabled
, AMIBIOS supports a PS/2-type mouse.
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