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Advanced CMOS Setup
Quick Boot
Set this option to Enabled to instruct the BIOS to boot quickly when the computer is powered on.
This option replaces the old Above 1 MB Memory Test Advanced Setup option. The settings are:
Setting
Description
Disabled
The BIOS tests all system memory. The BIOS waits up to 40 seconds for a READY
signal from the IDE hard disk drive. The BIOS waits for .5 seconds after sending a
RESET signal to the IDE drive to allow the IDE drive time to get ready again. The
BIOS checks for a DELETE key press and runs BIOS setup if the key has been
pressed.
Enabled
The BIOS does not test system memory above 1 MB. The BIOS does not wait up to
40 seconds for a READY signal from the IDE hard disk drive. If a READY signal
is not received immediately from the IDE drive, the BIOS does not configure that
drive. THE BIOS does not wait for .5 seconds after sending a RESET signal to the
IDE drive to allow the IDE drive time to get ready again.
The optimal default setting is Enabled and the Fail-Safe default setting is Disabled.
Pri (Master/Slave) ARMD/Sec (Master/Slave) ARMD Emulated as
The settings are Auto, Floppy, and Hard Disk. The optimal default setting is Auto.
1
st
Boot Device
This option sets the type of device for the first boot drives that the BIOS attempts to boot from
after POST completes. The settings are Disabled, 1
st
IDE-HDD, 2
nd
IDE-HDD, 3
rd
IDE-HDD, 4
th
IDE-HDD, Floppy, ARMD-FDD, ARMD-HDD, Atapi CD-ROM, SCSI, and Network. The
optimal setting is Floppy.
2
nd
Boot Device
This options sets the type of device for the second boot drives that the BIOS attempts to boot from
after POST completes. The settings are Disabled, 1
st
IDE-HDD, 2
nd
IDE-HDD, 3
rd
IDE-HDD, 4
th
IDE-HDD, Floppy, ARMD-FDD, ARMD-HDD, Atapi CD-ROM, and SCSI. The optimal default
setting is 1
st
IDE-HDD.