Advanced Bios Features - Abit AN8 SLI User Manual

BIOS Setup

3-3. Advanced BIOS Features

Phoenix – Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
► Removable Device Priority
► Hard Disk Boot Priority
► CD-ROM Boot Priority
First Boot Device
Second Boot Device
Third Boot Device
Boot Other Device
Swap Floppy Drive
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Boot Up NumLock Status
Security Option
MPS Version Ctrl For OS
Delay For HDD (Secs)
Full Screen Logo Show
Disable Unused PCI Clock
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F5: Previous Values
Removable Device Priority:
This item allows you to select the booting priority of removable devices.
Hard Disk Boot Priority:
This item selects the hard disks booting priority. By pressing <Enter> key, you can enter its submenu
where the hard disks detected can be selected for the booting sequence to boot up system.
This item functions only when there is the option of [Hard Disk] in any one of the First/Second/Third
Boot Device items.
CD-ROM Boot Priority:
This item allows you to select the booting priority of CD-ROM devices.
NOTE: This item appears only if you install CD-ROM devices to your computer.
First Boot Device / Second Boot Device / Third Boot Device / Boot Other Device:
Select the drive to boot first, second and third in the [First Boot Device], [Second Boot Device], and
[Third Boot Device] items respectively. The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the
sequence of the drive selected. Set [Boot Other Device] to [Enabled] if you wish to boot from another
device other than these three items.
Swap Floppy Drive:
When set to [Enabled], and the system is booting from the floppy drive, the system will boot from drive B
instead of the regular drive A. There must be two floppy drives connected in the system to use this
function.
Advanced BIOS Features
Press Enter
Press Enter
Press Enter
Removable
CD-ROM
Hard Disk
Enabled
Disabled
Disabled
On
Setup
1.4
0
Disabled
Enable
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