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When set to [Enabled], this item speeds up the Power On Self Test (POST) after powering on the system. 
The BIOS shorten or skip some check during the POST. 

This item selects the hard disks booting priority. By pressing <Enter> key, you can enter its submenu 
where the hard disks detected can be selected for the booting sequence to boot up system. 

This item functions only when there is the option of [Hard Disk] in any one of the First/Second/Third 
Boot Device items. 

Select the drive to boot first, second and third in the [First Boot Device], [Second Boot Device], and 
[Third Boot Device] items respectively. The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the 
sequence of the drive selected. Set [Boot Other Device] to [Enabled] if you wish to boot from another 
device other than these three items. 

When the computer boots up, the BIOS detects if the system has a FDD or not. When this item is set to 
Enabled, if the BIOS detects no floppy drive, it will display a floppy disk drive error message. If this item 
is disabled, the BIOS will skip this test. The default setting is Disabled. 

This item determines the default state of the numeric keypad at system booting up. 

[On]: The numeric keypad functions as number keys. 

[Off]: The numeric keypad functions as arrow keys.