BIOS Settings Glossary version 13 - Alphabetical

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical
V13 – November 2009
Access Mode Advanced >
Drive
Configuration
• CHS
• LBA
• Large
• Auto
Allows you to select the sector addressing mode.
CHS (cylinder, head, sector) mode supports up to 528 MB hard disks.
LBA (logical block addressing) mode supports hard disks up to 128 GB in
size.
Large mode supports hard disks above 528 MB in size, but does not
support LBA mode.
ACPI Power No
changeable
options
Opens the sub-menu for ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power
Interface).
For information on ACPI sleep states, refer to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Configuration_and_Power_Interface
ACPI Suspend
Mode (or ACPI
Suspend State)
Power > ACPI • S1 State
• S3 State
Specifies the ACPI sleep state.
For information on ACPI sleep states, refer to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Configuration_and_Power_Interface
Additional
System
Information
Main No
changeable
options
Displays information such as System Information, Desktop Board
Information, Chassis Information, etc.
AddOn ROM
Display Mode
Boot • Enabled
• Disabled
Enabled: the logo screen will be followed by the “AddOn ROM” initial
screen (the screen showing the add-on card BIOS message).
Disabled: no “Add-On ROM” screen is displayed.
After Power
Failure
Power • Stay Off
• Last State
• Power On
Determines the mode of operation if a power loss occurs.
Stay Off keeps the power off until the power button is pressed.
Last State restores the previous power state before power loss occurs.
Power On restores power to the computer.
Agent Manageability • Enable
• Disable
By default, Intel® Platform Administrator Agent is disabled. To enable the
agent, select Enable.
AGP/PCI Burn-
in Mode
Advanced >
Chipset
Configuration >
Burn-in Mode
• Default
• 63.88/31.94
MHz
• 68.05/34.02
MHz
• 69.44/34.72
MHz
• 70.83/35.41
MHz
• 72.22/36.11
MHz
• 73.60/36.80
MHz
Enables the selection of specific AGP/PCI clock frequencies. The host
clock (system bus speed) is not changed.
If this option is set to anything other than Default, the Host and I/O Burn-In
Mode is automatically set to Default.
Alternate DNS
Address
Intel® ME >
Intel® Active
Management
Technology
Configuration >
TCP/IP
Configuration
User defined Enter the address in dot-decimal notation.