Important BIOS Settings

This is a short list of settings important for the appropriate configuration of your system. A long list is available in the index section. DO NOT mess with these settings unless you have read carefully their implications. Also, please have a look at the basic optimization tricks on how to coordinate some of these settings.

Standard CMOS Setup

• Date and Time
• Primary Display
• Keyboard
• Hard Disk C Type
• Floppy Drive A

Advanced CMOS Setup

• Above 1 MB Memory Test
• Memory parity error check
• Numeric Processor Test
• System Boot Sequence
• External Cache Memory
• Internal Cache Memory
• Password Checking Option
• Video ROM Shadow C000,16K
• System ROM Shadow F000,64K

Advanced Chipset Setup

• AT BUS Clock Selection
• Memory Read Wait State
• Memory Write Wait State
• Cache Read Option
• IDE Multi Block Mode

Plug and Play/PCI

• Latency Timer (PCI Clocks)
• Slot X Using INT#
• Xth Available IRQ
• PCI IDE IRQ Map to
• AT bus clock frequency
• PCI Clock Frequency
• ISA Bus Clock Frequency