Abit SE6 User Manual page 29

BIOS Setup 3-9
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with Intel Pentium III processors. When you install a Pentium III processor into your motherboard,
and when your system boots-up then this item will show up in BIOS.
Two items will be available: Enabled and Disabled. When you choose Enabled, the specific program can
read your processor's serial number. When you choose Disabled it will not allow the program to read your
processor's serial number. The default setting is Disabled.
Quick Power On Self Test:
After the computer has been powered on, the BIOS of the motherboard will run a series of tests in order
to check the system and its peripherals. If the Quick Power on Self-Test feature is enabled, the BIOS will
simplify the test procedures in order to speed up the boot process. The default setting is Enabled.
First Boot Device:
When the computer boots up, the BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the
sequence selected in these items: floppy disk drive A, LS/ZIP devices, hard drive C, SCSI hard disk drive
or CD-ROM. There are eleven options for the boot sequence that you can choose (The default setting is
Floppy.):
Floppy ) LS120 ) HDD-0 ) SCSI ) CDROM ) HDD-1 ) HDD-2 ) HDD-3 ) ZIP100 )
LAN ) Disabled.
Second Boot Device:
Description is the same as the First Boot Device, the default setting is HDD-0.
Third Boot Device:
Description is same as the First Boot Device, the default setting is LS/ZIP
Boot Other Device:
Two options are available: Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is Enabled. This setting allows the
BIOS to try three kinds of boot devices that are set from the above three items.
Swap Floppy Drive:
This item can be set as Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is Disabled. When this feature is enabled,
you don't need to open the computer case to swap the position of floppy disk drive connectors. Drive A
can be set as drive B and drive B can be set as drive A.
Boot Up Floppy Seek:
When the computer boots up, the BIOS detects if the system has an FDD or not. When this item is
enabled, if the BIOS detects no floppy drive, it will display a floppy disk drive error message. If this item
is disabled, the BIOS will skip this test. The default setting is Disabled.
Boot Up NumLock Status:
On: At boot up, the Numeric Keypad is in numeric mode. (Default Settings)
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