User manual ABIT SA7 V101

[. . . ] 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. Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. [. . . ] Head: This is the tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to create and read back the magnetic patterns on the disk (also called the read/write head). The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can enter is 255. Precomp: The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can enter is 65536. Landing Zone: This is a non-data area on the disk's inner cylinder where the heads can rest when the power is turned off. The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can enter is 65536. SA7 Introducing the BIOS Sector: 4-7 The minimum segment of track length that can be assigned to stored data. Sectors usually are grouped into blocks or logical blocks that function as the smallest units of data permit. The minimum number you can enter is 0, the maximum number you can enter is 255. Driver A & Driver B: If you have installed the floppy disk drive here, then you can select the type of floppy drive it can support. Floppy 3 Mode Support: Four options are available: Disabled ( Driver A ( Driver B ( Both. 3 Mode floppy disk drives (FDD) are 3. 5" drives used in Japanese computer systems. If you need to access data stored in this kind of floppy, you must select this mode, and of course you must have a 3 Mode floppy drive. Video: You can select the VGA modes for your video adapter, four options are available: EGA/VGA ( CGA 40 ( CGA 80 ( MONO. Halt On: You can select which type of error will cause the system to halt. Five options are available: All Errors ( No Errors ( All, But Keyboard ( All, But Diskette ( All, But Disk/Key. You can see your system memory list in the lower right box, it shows the Base Memory, Extended Memory and total Memory size configurations in your system. It is detected by the system during boot-up procedure. User's Manual 4-8 Chapter 4 4-3. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu In each item, you can press <Enter> at any time to display all the options for this item. Attention Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu has already been set for maximum operation. If you do not really understand each of the options in this menu, we recommend you use the default values. Virus Warning: Two options are available: Enabled or Disabled, the default setting being Disabled. When this feature is enabled, if there is any attempt from a software or an application to access the boot sector or the partition table, the BIOS will warn you that a boot virus is attempting to access the hard disk. CPU L1 & L2 Cache: Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. [. . . ] Your ABIT authorized distributor should be able to provide the fastest solution to your technical problem. We sell our products through distributors who sell to resellers and stores. Your reseller should be very familiar with your system configuration and should be able to solve your problem much more efficiently than we could. After all, your reseller regards you as an important User's Manual G-2 Appendix G customer who may purchase more products and who can urge your friends to buy from him or her as well. [. . . ]