Advanced Bios Features - Gigabyte GA-8SIML User Manual

Advanced BIOS Features

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BIOS Flash Protection
First Boot Dev ice
Second Boot Dev ice
Third Boot Dev ice
Boot Up Floppy Seek
BootUp Num-Lock
Passw ord Check
Interrupt Mode
HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability
higf: Mov e Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value
F5:Prev ious Values
C BIOS Flash Protection
This field lets you determine the states that flash BIOS
BIOS enables flash w rite access automatically w hen updating BIOS data/DMI/
8Auto
ESCD. (Default Value)
During POST, DMI/ESCD w ould not be updated. But flash tools can update BIOS
8Enabled
alw ay s.
C First / S econd / Third Boot Device
This feature allows you to select the boot device priority.
Select y our boot dev ice priority by Floppy .
8Floppy
GA-8SIML Motherboard
Adv anced BIOS Features
[Auto]
[Floppy ]
[HDD-0]
[CDROM]
[Disabled]
[On]
[Setup]
[APIC]
[Disabled]
F10:Sav e
F6:Fail-Safe Defaults
Figure 3: Adv anced BIOS Features
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Item Help
Menu Lev el u
[Auto]
Allow s BIOS to
update flash data
during POST. It still
prev ents other
unauthorized utilities
to update flash
[Enabled]
Alw ay s prev ent BIOS
and unauthorized
utilities to update
flash
ESC:Ex it F1:General Help
F7:Optimized Defaults