BIOS
tweak guide
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Updated on June 21, 2000 by Thomas
McGuire - Page 4/12
Advanced
BIOS features
(Cont.)
Typematic
Rate setting:
This allows to edit the 2 settings below. Enable or Disable as you
see appropriate.
Typematic
Rate (Chars/sec): This is the frequency at which
the keyboard will repeat a keystroke, e.g. If set to 6 then the key will repeat the same character 6 times per second.
This setting is the same as the Repeat
rate in Keyboard
properties applet in the Control panel.
Typematic
Rate Delay (msec):
This sets the delay in milli-seconds that you can hold a key
down before it gets repeated, e.g. If set to 500msec,
then you can hold down a key for 1/2 a second before it
starts repeating. This setting is the same as Repeat
delay in Keyboard
properties applet in the Control panel.
Security
option:
Settings available for this are System
or Setup.
Depending on which option is selected a user will prompted
to enter in a password when either - booting the system (System)
or when trying to enter the BIOS (Setup).
See later on in the guide for where to set
the password.
OS
select for DRAM > 64MB:
If you have 64MB RAM or more in your system & are
running OS/2 then set this to OS/2.
If you have another operating system installed select Non-OS/2.
Report
no FDD for Win95:
If using Windows 95 (still) & have no Floppy drive in
your machine set this to Yes,
otherwise leave it at No.
Fast
Gate A20 Option: A20
refers to the high memory area (First 64KB of extended
memory). This option uses the fast gate A20 line (if
supported) to access memory above 1 MB. This is faster than
the normal method. Set it to enabled
for better performance.
Video
BIOS shadowing:
Your system will perform better with this setting at disabled.
As you can read in the MS
Knowledge base,
shadowing is not an advantage. Only enable
this if you still use DOS mode a lot,
where it can improve performance.
Video
BIOS cacheable:
set this to disabled.
Your system does not access the video cards BIOS, it uses
drivers to do so. Only enable
this if you still use DOS mode games a lot,
where it can improve performance.
Shadow
xxxxx - xxxxx:
Where, xxxxx - xxxxx
represents the address ranges to be shadowed in RAM. I'd
recommend setting these to Disabled.
This can improve system stability.
Delay
for HDD (seconds):
Some hard drives may require some spin-up time to be
identified correctly. This settings sets how long the delay
is in seconds. 0
is the shortest (no delay). This is similar
to the BootDelay=x
setting that could be used in Windows 95's msdos.sys.
Try setting it to 0
before using higher values.
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