Extended Bios Features Menu - Xycom XVME-678 Manual

XVME-678/688 Manual
July 1994
3.3.4 Extended BIOS Features Menu
The Extended BIOS Features Menu is depicted below.
Extended BIOS Features - Copyright 1989-91, Quadtel Corp.
Auto-park Disk: [No]
Keyboard Click:
[No
]
Quick Boot: [No] Keyboard Delay: [3/4 Sec ]
Screen Saver:
[Disabled] Keyboard Rate:
[221
Sec]
Numlock Boot State: [Auto ]
+-th
Move F5 Previous Value
F9
Auto Configuration
Esc Exit F6 Next Value FlO Save Configuration
Figure 3-5. Extended BIOS Features Menu
Each of the choices on this menu are described below.
3.3.4.1 Auto Park Disk (N.Q/Yes)
This selection determines whether the system BIOS automatically parks the fixed disk drive. If this option
is enabled, the system BIOS parks the fixed disk drive(s) heads after several seconds of inactivity. Most
modern hard disk drives have self-parking heads, so enabling this option may not be necessary.
CAUTION
This feature can be incompatible with fixed disk drives that are not BIOS
compatible and could cause problems with programs that do not utilize the
BIOS for fixed disk 110.
NOTE
Parking the heads causes some drives to spin down so that they do not
respond to accesses quickly enough and display the message: "Not ready
reading drive C. Abort, Retry, Fail?"
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