Elitegroup MD210 (V1.0) - Manual (Page 35)

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Using BIOS
Thermal Management (Enabled)
This item displays CPU’s temperature and enables you to set a safe temperature to
Prescott CPU.
TM Status (TM1/TM2)
This item shows TM function status if CPU can support TM function.
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.
Enhanced Halt (C1E) (Enabled)
This item enables or disables enhanced halt (C1E).
Boot Up Numlock Status (On)
This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is
started.
Intel EIST (Enabled)
This item allows users to enable or disable the EIST (Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
technology).
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.
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.
1st/2nd Boot Device (Hard Drive/CD/DVD)
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.