IBM Motherboard User Manual page 24

CPU L1 & L2 Cache
All processors that can be installed in this motherboard use internal level 1 (L1) and
external level 2 (L2) cache memory to improve performance. Leave this item at the
default value for better performance.
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking
Enable this item to allow CPU L2 Cache ECC (Error Correcting Code) checking.
Quick Power On Self Test
Enable this item to shorten the power on testing (POST) and have your system
start up faster. You might like to enable this item after you are confident that
your system hardware is operating smoothly.
First/Second/Third Boot Device
Use these three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your
system searches for an operating system at start-up time.
Boot Other Device
When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an operating
system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the First, Second, and
Third boot devices.
Swap Floppy Drive
If you have two floppy diskette drives in your system, this item allows you to
swap the assigned drive letters so that drive A becomes drive B, and drive B
becomes drive A.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
If this item is enabled, it checks the size of the floppy disk drives at start-up time.
You do not need to enable this item unless you have a legacy diskette drive with
360K capacity.
Boot Up NumLock Status
This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is
started.
Typematic Rate Setting (Disabled)
If this item is enabled, you can use the following two items to set the typematic rate
and the typematic delay settings for your keyboard.
•
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
acters per second are generated by a held-down key.
• Typematic Delay (Msec)
onds must elapse before a held-down key begins generating repeat char-
acters.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility
: Use this item to define how many char-
: Use this item to define how many millisec-
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