BIOS Settings Glossary version 13 - By Menu

BIOS Settings Dictionary – By Menu
V13 – November 2009
Boot to Network • Enabled
• Disabled
Disables or enables booting from the network.
Boot to Optical Devices • Enabled
• Disabled
Disables or enables booting from optical devices (CD/DVD).
Boot to Removable Devices • Enabled
• Disabled
Disables or enables booting from removable devices.
Boot USB Devices First
• Enabled
• Disabled
Sets USB devices to be first in boot order.
CD/DVD Drive Order Lists all installed
CD/DVD devices
Allows you to set the boot order of CD/DVD drives (used
when Boot Menu type is set to normal)
CD-ROM Boot Priority Lists all installed
CDrom devices
Allows you to set the boot order of CDROM drives
Halt On • All Errors
• No Errors
• All, But Keyboard
Used to configure what types of POST errors will halt
the system boot.
Hard Disk Boot Priority Lists all installed
hard drive devices
Allows you to set the boot order of hard drives
Hard Disk Drives No changeable
options
Opens the Hard Disk Drives sub-menu where you may
specify the boot sequence from the available hard
disk drives.
Hard Drive Order Lists all installed
hard drive devices
Allows you to set the boot order of hard drives (used when
Boot Menu type is set to normal)
Intel Rapid BIOS Boot • Enabled
• Disabled
Allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting.
PXE Boot to LAN • Enabled
• Disabled
Disables or enables PXE boot to LAN.
For information on PXE, refer to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment
Removable Device Priority Lists all installed
removable devices
Allows you to set the boot order of removable devices
(floppy drives, USB thumb drives, etc)
Removable Devices No changeable
options
Opens the Removable Devices sub-menu where you may
specify the boot sequence from the available removable
devices.
Removable Drive Order Lists all installed
removable devices
Allows you to set the boot order of removable devices
(floppy drives, USB thumb drives, etc) - used when Boot
Menu type is set to normal.
Scan User Flash Area • Disabled
• Enabled
Enables the BIOS to scan the flash ROM for user binary
files that are executed at boot time.
Silent Boot • Enabled
• Disabled
Disabled displays normal POST messages.
Enabled displays OEM logo instead of POST messages.
UEFI boot • Enabled
• Disabled
Enables or disables Unified Extended Firmware Interface
(UEFI) Boot.
For information on UEFI, refer to http://www.uefi.org/home
USB Boot • Enabled
• Disabled
Disables or enables booting from USB boot devices.