BIOS Settings Glossary version 13 - Alphabetical

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical
V13 – November 2009
Fixed Disk Boot
Sector
Maintenance • Normal
• Write Protect
or
• Enable
• Disable
Boot sector VIRUS protection
Floppy A Advanced >
Diskette
Configuration
• Disabled
• 360 KB 5¼”
• 1.2 MB 5¼”
• 720 KB 3½”
• 1.44 MB 3½”
• 2.88 MB 3½”
Selects the floppy drive type.
Floppy Type Advanced >
Floppy
Configuration
• 1.44MB
• 2.88MB
Selects the floppy drive type.
Force On-board
LAN Disable
This BIOS setting is
present only on
boards supporting
Intel® Active
Management
Technology.
Maintenance • Enabled
• Disabled
Forces onboard LAN and all Active Management Technology
features to disabled.
Fourth SATA
Master
Advanced > Drive
Configuration
[drive]
Displays the drive installed on this SATA channel. Shows
[None] if no drive is installed.
Frame Buffer Size Advanced >
Video
Configuration
• 1 MB
• 8 MB
• 16 MB
Options may vary
depending on
board model.
Sets the frame buffer size.
Frame buffer size is the total amount of system memory locked
by the BIOS for video. A larger frame buffer size should result in
higher video performance.
Front Fan Speed Advanced >
Hardware
Monitoring
No changeable
options
Displays front fan speed.
Front Panel 1394
Port 1
This BIOS setting is
present only on
Intel® Desktop
Boards that include
front panel IEEE
1394 capability.
Advanced >
Peripheral
Configuration
• 1394A
• 1394B
Sets the IEEE 1394 mode for the front panel 1394 Port.
Front Panel 1394
Port 2
This BIOS setting is
present only on
Intel® Desktop
Boards that include
front panel IEEE
1394 capability.
Advanced >
Peripheral
Configuration
• 1394A
• 1394B
Sets the IEEE 1394 mode for the front panel 1394 Port.
Front Side Bus
(FSB) Frequency
Main No changeable
options
Displays the Front Side Bus (FSB) Frequency