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Vx900-i user manual, Chapter 3, Advanced setup – Elitegroup VX900-I (V1.0A) User Manual

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Chapter 3

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Quick Power on Self Test (Enabled)
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.

Boot Up Numlock Status (On)
This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started.

Advanced Setup

This page sets up more advanced information about your system. Handle this page
with caution. Any changes can affect the operation of your computer.

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Advanced Setup

Help Item

Allows BIOS to skip
certain tests while
booting. This will
decrease the time
needed to boot the
system.

Quick Power on Self Test

Enabled

Boot Up Numlock Status

On

APIC Mode

Enabled

1st Boot Device

HDS728080PLA380

2nd Boot Device

SONY DVD RW DRU-190

3rd Boot Device

Removable Dev.

Hard Disk Drives

Press Enter

CD/DVD Drives

Press Enter

Boot Other Device

Yes

: Move

F10: Save ESC: Exit

Enter : Select

+/-/: Value

F9: Load Default Settings

F1: General Help

APIC Mode (Enabled)

This item allows you to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Inter-
rupt Controller) mode. APIC provides symmetric multi-processing (SMP) for systems,
allowing support for up to 60 processors.

1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device (HDS728080PLA380/SONY DVD RW DRU-190/Removable
Dev.)
Use these items to determine the device order the computer used to look for an
operating system to load at start-up time. The devices showed here will be different
depending on the exact devices installed on your motherboard.