Zida Technologies MB-A815EP-11 Users Manual

BIOS Setup

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Time / Date

These fields provide you with the current date and time. Note that
the hour is displayed as a 24-hour clock. For example, 1:00 PM
is 13:00:00.

Floppy Drive A,
Floppy Drive B

This option selects the type of floppy drives installed.

Primary Master,
Primary Slave,
Secondary Master,
Secondary Slave

Standard CMOS Features

Advanced CMOS Features

Virus Warning

Enabled / Disabled Virus Warning function. Default setting is "Disabled".

CPU Internal Cache

External Cache

Enables processor on-chip L1 and L2 cache memory. Available settings are
WriteBack, Write-Thru and Disabled. Default is "WriteBack".

CPU L2 Cache ECC Cheeking

This option enables Error Checking and Correction (ECC) on the processor’s L2
cache bus. Default is "Disabled".

Quick Power on Self Test

When Enabled, BIOS will skip certain power-on self-test (POST) procedures
(such as memory test above 1MB) to speed up the boot process. Default
setting is "Disabled".

First / Second / Third Boot Device

Assign the priority of each storage device to be the boot-up drive. Supported
devices are IDE, Floppy, LS-120, ATAPI ZIP, CDROM, SCSI, NETWORK.
Default boot sequence is Floppy -> IDE-0 -> CDROM.

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Boot Other Devices

Specifies whether BIOS to boot from other device not listed in the
1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device options when BIOS fail to boot from those
devices. Default setting is "YES".

Swap Floppy Drive

Set this option to "Enabled" to permit drives A: and B: to be swapped.
Default is "Disabled".

Boot Up Floppy Seek

Specify whether floppy drive A: will perform a Seek operation at system boot.
Default setting is "Disabled".

Boot Up NumLock Status

Set this option to "OFF" to turn the Num Lock key off when the computer
is booted so you can use the arrow keys on both the numeric keypad and
the keyboard. Default is "ON".

Gate A20 Option

Sets "Fast", lets chipset control Gate A20; Sets "Normal", lets a pin in the
keyboard controller control Gate A20. Default setting is "Fast".

Typematic Rate setting

Enabled / Disabled Typematic Rate setting, when enabled,the typematic rate
and typematic delay can be selected. Default setting is "Disabled".

Security Option

Enables password checking every time the computer is powered on or every
time BIOS Setup is executed. If System is chosen, a user password prompt
appears every time the computer is turned on. If "Setup" is chosen, the
password prompt appears if BIOS Setup is executed. Default is "Setup".

OS Select For Dram > 64MB

Set to "Enabled" if running OS/2 operating system and using more than
64MB system memory. Default is "Disabled".