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Table 4-1. BIOS Features Submenu (Continued)
Menu Item
WHEA Support
Power Button Mode
Watch Dog Timer
Select
Restore on AC Power
Loss
MPS Revision
Menu Item
Serial ATA Devices
nVidia RAID Function
SerialATA 0/1
Primary/Secondary
Channel
LBA/Large Mode
Block
(Multi-Sector
Transfer)
Description
Use this setting to Enable or D
Architecture) support. WHEA provides a common infrastructure for reporting
hardware errors on Windows platforms and was designed to improve recovery
following fatal hardware errors.
Allows the user to change the function of the power button. Options are On/Off
and S
.
USPEND
This setting is used to E
be used in conjunction with the Watch Dog jumper (see Chapter 2 for details). To
enable, choose from 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 15 or 30
This setting allows you to choose how the system will react when power returns
after an unexpected loss of power. The options are P
Last State.
This setting allows the user to select the MPS (MultiProcessor Specification)
revision level. The options are 1.1 and 1.4.
Table 4-2. SATA Configuration Submenu
Description
This setting is used to determine if SATA drives will be used and how many.
Options are D
, D
ISABLED
This setting is used to E
below will appear.
This setting is used to E
SATA1 Primary and SATA1 Secondary, channels (four settings total). If enabled,
the following settings will appear:
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) is a method of addressing data on a disk drive.
The options are D
ISABLED
Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data
transferred. Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block mode
is not used. Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt. Select
D
to allow the data to be transferred from and to the device one sector at
ISABLED
a time. Select Auto to allows the data transfer from and to the device occur
multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it. The options are Auto and
D
.
ISABLED
WHEA (Windows Hardware Error
ISABLE
or Disable the Watch Dog Timer function. It must
NABLE
MIN
0 and Device 0/1.
EVICE
or Disable the nVidia ROM. If enabled, the setting
NABLE
or Disable the SATA0 Primary, SATA0 Secondary,
NABLE
and Auto.
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O
, P
OWER
FF
OWER
O
and
N
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