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Other Boot Device
Swap Floppy Drive When enabled, floppy drives A and B will be exchanging
Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled : During POST, BIOS checks the track number
Boot Up NumLock
Status
Gate A20 Option Gate A20 refers to the way the system addresses
Typematic Rate Setting When Disabled, the following two items (Typematic
Typematic Rate (Chars
/ Sec)
The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from
the devices in the sequence selected in these items.
The choices: Floppy; LS/ZIP; HDD; SCSI; CDROM;
Disabled.
status without any physical connection and modification
on the cables.
of the floppy disk drive to see whether it is
40 or 80 tracks.
Disabled: During POST, BIOS will not check the track
number of the floppy disk drive.
Toggle between On or Off to control the state of the
NumLock key when the system boots. When toggled
On, the numeric keypad generates numbers instead
of controlling cursor operations.
memory above 1 MB (extended memory). When set
to Fast, the system chipset controls Gate A20. When
set to Normal, a pin in the keyboard controller controls
Gate A20. Setting Gate A20 to Fast improves system
speed, particularly with OS/2 and Windows.
Rate and Typematic Delay) are irrelevant. Keystroke
repeats at a rate determined by the keyboard controller in
your system.
When Enabled, you can select a typematic rate and
typematic delay.
When the typematic rate setting is enabled, you can
select a typematic rate (the rate at which character
repeats when you hold down a key) of 6, 8, 10, 12,
15, 20, 24, or 30 characters per second.
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