Startup Message Options Section; Drive Selection Section - Matrox 4Sight User Manual

152 Appendix C: BIOS reference

Startup message options section

Show "Hit Del":
This field enables/disables the "Hit Del" message at boot-up.
This field is enabled by default.
F1 Error Wait:
This field enables/disables a pause during boot-up if a
non-fatal error is detected. Specifically, if enabled, the error
message is displayed and then "Press F1 to resume" is
displayed. If disabled, boot-up continues after the error
message is displayed. This field is enabled by default.

DRIVE SELECTION section

ATA Interface Master:, ATA Interface Slave:,
IDE Interface Master:, and IDE Interface Slave:
These fields specify the physical properties of the installed
IDE hard drives. ATA Interface Master and ATA
Interface Slave correspond to the secondary (ATA-44)
master and slave drives, respectively. IDE Interface
Master and IDE Interface Slave correspond to the primary
(IDE) master and slave drives, respectively. The "master" or
"slave" drive designation is determined by the jumper
position on the hard drive.
You can enable or disable these drive selection options. When
enabled, the selected drive is recognized by your unit and this
allows you to access the drive.
By default, ATA Interface Master: is set to ENABLED,
which is the setting of the optional factory-installed hard
drive. The remaining drive fields are set to DISABLED.
Note that if you have ordered your Matrox 4Sight without a
hard drive, the default BIOS configurations might not be
appropriate for your needs. If no hard drive is present, but
the drive is enabled in the BIOS, no error is generated
(Matrox 4Sight will boot from the DiskOnChip by default);
however, boot-up time will be longer. Therefore, if no hard
drive is present, it is recommended that you reconfigure the
CMOS (change this drive selection field to DISABLED,
change the drive assignment, and change the boot sequence