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Mainboard User’s Manual 

Typematic Rate Setting : If set to “Enabled,” enables you to set the 

Typematic Rate and Typematic Delay. The default setting is 

“Disabled”. 

  Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) : This setting controls the 

speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes. The 

choices range from 6 to 30 Chars/Sec. The default setting is 

“6” Chars/Sec. 

  Typematic Delay (Msec) : This setting controls the time 

between the display of the first and second characters. There 

are four delay choices: 250ms, 500ms, 750ms and 1000ms. 

The default setting is “250” ms. 

Security Option : This setting controls the password feature. The 

options are “Setup” and “System.” Selecting “Setup” will protect the 

configuration settings from being tampered with. Select “System” if 

you want to use the password feature every time the system boots up. 

The default setting is “Setup.” You can create your password by 

using the “SUPERVISOR/USER PASSWORD” utility in the main 

program screen. 

APIC Mode : Enables or disables APIC (Advanced Programmable 

Interrupt Controller) mode. APIC provides symmetric 

multiprocessing (SMP) for systems, allowing support for up to 60 

processors.

MPS Version Control For OS : Selects the operating system 

multiprocessor support version. The default setting is “1.4”. 

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB : Set to “OS2” if the system 

memory size is greater than 64 MB and the operating system is OS/2. 

The default setting is “Non-OS2”. 

 Advanced BIOS Features 

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