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Chapter 3
your operating environment contains a DMA driver. If both your hard drive
and software support Ultra DMA 33/66/100, select Auto to enable BIOS support.
USB Controller
The item enables or disables the USB (Universal Serial Bus) Ports. Settings:
Enabled and Disabled.
USB Keyboard/Mouse Support
Set to Enabled if your need to use an USB keyboard/mouse in the operating
system that does not support or have any USB driver installed, such as DOS
and SCO Unix.
Init Display First
This item specifies which VGA device is your primary graphics adapter.
Settings: PCI Slot and Onboard.
AC97 Audio
Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used. If the
device is detected, the onboard AC'97 (Audio Codec'97) controller will be
enabled; if not, it is disabled. Disable the function if you want to use other
controller cards to connect an audio device. Settings: Auto and Disabled.
AC97 Modem
Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether a modem is used. If a modem is
used, the onboard MC'97 (Modem Codec'97) controller will be enabled; if
not, it is disabled. Disable the controller if you want to use other controller
cards to connect to a modem. Settings: Auto and Disabled.
IDE HDD Block Mode
This allows your hard disk controller to use the fast block mode to transfer
data to and from the hard disk drive. Block mode is also called block
transfer, multiple commands or multiple sector read/write. Enabled enables
IDE controller to use block mode; Disabled allows the controller to use
standard mode.
POWER ON Function
This controls how the PS/2 mouse or keyboard can power on the system.
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