Using bios, Advanced setup – Elitegroup MD120 (V1.0) User Manual

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Using BIOS

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.

Advanced Setup

Help Item

Disabled for WindowsXP

Limit CPUID MaxVal

Disabled

Intel XD Bit

Disabled

Intel (R) HT Technology

Enabled

Quick Power on Self Test

Enabled

Boot Up Numlock Status

APIC Mode

Enabled

1st Boot Device

Hard Drive

2nd Boot Device

CD/DVD

3rd Boot Device

Removable Dev.

Boot Other Device

Yes

mnlk

: Move

F10: Save ESC: Exit

Enter : Select

+/-/: Value

F9: Load Default Settings

F1: General Help

Limit CPUID MaxVal (Disabled)

Use this item to enable or disable the Max CPU ID value limit. When supports
Prescott and LGA775 CPUs, enables this to prevent the system from “rebooting”
when trying to install Windows NT 4.0.

Intel XD Bit (Disabled)

This item allows users to enable or disable the Intel XD bit.

Intel (R) HT Technology (Enabled)

This item enables or disables Intel HT Technology support.

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.

1st/2nd/3rd Boot Device (Hard Drive/CD/DVD/Removable Dev.)

Use this item 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.

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 sys-
tems, allowing support for up to 60 processors.

Boot Up Numlock Status (On)

This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is
started.