Kontron ETX-LX User Manual
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11 Appendix C: BIOS Operation
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Feature
Option
Description
screen and sound an alarm beep. 
> Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up and causes a 
warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot 
sector or hard disk partition table. 
> Disabled: No warning message will appear when anything attempts to 
access the boot sector or hard disk partition table. 
CPU Internal Cache
Disabled 
Enabled 
Enables or disables the internal CPU Cache
Darkboot/Custom Logo
Disabled 
Enabled 
Enables or disables the Darkboot Logo
Gate A20 Option
Normal 
Fast 
Select if the chipset or the keyboard controller should control GateA20. 
> Normal: A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 
> Fast: Lets the chipset control GateA20 
SERIRQ Mode
Quiet 
Continuous 
Select mode of the Serial IRQ Protocol
FPU Imprecise 
Exceptions 
Disabled 
Enabled 
Select the FPU Mode. If enabled, the FPU runs in Turbo mode but does not 
generate FPU exceptions. If disabled, the FPU runs in slower, but precise 
mode and FPU exceptions will be generated. 
Usercode Feature
Disabled 
Enabled 
Enables or disables scan for usercode
External NMI Feature
Disabled 
Enabled 
Enables external NMI over IOCHCK#
Security Option
Setup 
System 
Select whether a password is required every time the system boots or only 
when you enter setup. 
> System: The system will not boot and access to Setup will be denied if 
the correct password is not entered at the prompt. 
> Setup: The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the 
correct password is not entered at the prompt. 
PS/2 Mouse Control
Disabled 
Enabled 
Auto 
> Disabled: prevents any installed mouse from functioning but frees up 
IRQ12 
> Enabled: Mouse function installed regardless if mouse is connected or 
not 
> Auto: Allows the operating system to determine whether to enable or 
disable the mouse 
Video BIOS Shadow
Disabled 
Enabled 
Enabled copies Video BIOS to shadow RAM (improves performance)
C8000-CBFFF Shadow 
CC000-CFFFF Shadow 
D0000-D3FFF Shadow 
D4000-D7FFF Shadow 
D8000-DBFFF Shadow 
DC000-DFFFF Shadow 
Disabled 
Enabled 
