User manual ABIT VT7

[. . . ] 1. 00 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. [. . . ] HDD Change Message: When set to [Enabled], a pop-up message will be displayed on the screen during the POST process if the hard drives installed in your system had been changed. 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. User's Manual 3-8 Chapter 3 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. Boot Up Floppy Seek: When set to [Enabled], the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive is installed or not. 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 enters the BIOS setup. If you forget the password, you will have to open the computer case and clear all information in the CMOS before you can start up the system. MPS Version Control For OS: This item specifies which version of MPS (Multi-Processor Specification) this motherboard will use. OS Select For DRAM > 64MB: This item allows you to access the memory that is over 64MB in OS/2. Leave this item to its default [Non-OS2] setting for operating system other than OS/2. Report No FDD For WIN 95: When set to [Enabled], this item allows you to run some older operating system without floppy disk drive. Disable Unused PCI Clock: This option disables the clock of PCI slot that is not in use. [Yes]: The system automatically detect the unused DIMM and PCI slots, and stop sending clock signal to these unused PCI slots. [No]: The system always send clock signal to all PCI slots. VT7 BIOS Setup 3-9 NOTE: Set this option to [No] setting if there are adapters that cannot be automatically detected by the system and will cause malfunction. Intel OnScreen Branding: This item determines whether to display the "Intel Inside" logo or not at system boots up. User's Manual 3-10 Chapter 3 3-4. Advanced Chipset Features DRAM Clock/Drive Control: Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu: DRAM Timing: This item determines the timing method of the DRAM modules. [Manual]: This option allows you to select the best option in the following sub-items manually. [Auto By SPD]: This option allows the system to run the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) data structure stored in the DRAM module automatically. [Turbo]: This option allows the system to run at a speed faster than the one by [Auto By SPD] option. [. . . ] After all, your reseller regards you as an important customer who may purchase more products and who can urge your friends to buy from him or her as well. 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. [. . . ]