User manual ABIT FATAL1TY-AN8-SLI

[. . . ] Socket 939 System Board User's Manual For more information: www. abit. com. tw 4200-0453-03 Rev. 1. 01 Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. [. . . ] [All, But Disk/Key]: The system-boot will stop for all errors except a diskette or keyboard error. Base Memory: This item displays the amount of base memory installed in the system. The value of the base memory is typically 640K for system with 640K or more memory size installed on the motherboard. Extended Memory: This item displays the amount of extended memory detected during system boot-up. Total Memory: This item displays the total memory available in the system. Fatal1ty AN8 SLI BIOS Setup 3-13 3-3. Advanced BIOS Features Phoenix ­ Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Advanced BIOS Features Removable Device Priority Press Enter Item Help Hard Disk Boot Priority Press Enter CD-ROM Boot Priority Press Enter First Boot Device Removable Second Boot Device CD-ROM Third Boot Device Hard Disk Boot Other Device Enabled Swap Floppy Drive Disabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Security Option Setup MPS Version Ctrl For OS 1. 4 Delay For HDD (Secs) 0 Full Screen Logo Show Disabled Disable Unused PCI Clock Enable :Move Enter:Select +/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save ESC:Exit F1:General Help F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults 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. User's Manual 3-14 Chapter 3 Boot Up Floppy Seek: When the computer boots up, the BIOS detects if the system has a FDD or not. When this item is set to Enabled, if the BIOS detects no floppy drive, it will display a floppy disk drive error message. Boot Up NumLock Status: This item determines the default state of the numeric keypad at system booting up. Security Option: This item determines when the system will prompt for password - every time the system boots or only when it enters the BIOS setup. To disable security, select Set Password at main menu and then you will be asked to enter the password. Do not type anything and just press the <Enter> key and it will disable security. [. . . ] They should know best what your system configuration is and your problem. If you feel that you need to contact ABIT directly you can send email to the ABIT technical support department. First, please contact the support team for the branch office closest to you. They will be more familiar with local conditions and will have better insight as to which resellers offer what products and services. [. . . ]