Instruction manual

Chapter 3
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APIC Mode
This field is used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable
Interrupt Controller). Due to compliance to PC2001 design guide, the system
is able to run in APIC mode. Enabling APIC mode will expand available IRQs
resources for the system. Settings: Enabled and Disabled.
MPS Version Control For OS
This field allows you to select which MPS (Multi-Processor Specification)
version to be used for the operating system. You need to select the MPS
version supported by your operating system. To find out which version to
use, consult the vendor of your operating system. Settings: 1.4 and 1.1.
OS Select for DRAM > 64MB
This allows you to run the OS/2
®
operating system with DRAM larger than
64MB. When you choose Non-OS2, you cannot run the OS/2
®
operating
system with DRAM larger than 64MB. But it is possible if you choose OS2.
Video BIOS Shadow
This items sets if the Video BIOS will be copied to RAM and increase video
speed accordingly. Settings: Enabled and Disabled.
C8000-CBFFF/CC000-CFFFF/D0000-D3FFF/D4000-D7FFF/D8000-
DBFFF/DC000-DFFFF Shadow
These items specify whether the contents of the adapter ROM named in the
items will be copied into RAM to improve the performance of ROM firmware
for adapters. You need to know the address of each adapter ROM occupies
to shadow (copy) it into the correct area of RAM. Settings: Enabled and
Disabled.
Option Description
Setup The password prompt appears only when end users try to
run Setup.
System A password prompt appears every time when the com-
puter is powered on or when end users try to run Setup.