User manual SONY VAIO VPC-CW14FX/P

[. . . ] AMD, AthlonTM, AthlonTM XP, ThoroughbredTM, and DuronTM are registered trademarks of AMD Corporation. Intel® and Pentium® are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. PS/2 and OS ® /2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. W indows ® NT/XP/Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. [. . . ] W hen enabled, the BIOS' data cannot be changed when attempting to update the BIOS with a Flash utility. To successfully update the BIOS, you'll need to disable this Flash BIOS Protection function. The only time when you need to disable it is when you want to update the BIOS. After updating the BIOS, you should immediately re-enable it to protect it against viruses. Full Screen Logo Display This item enables this system to show the company logo on the boot-up screen. Settings are: [Enabled] Shows a still image (logo) on the full screen at boot. Quick Booting Setting the item to [Enabled] allows the system to boot within 10 seconds since it will skip some check items. Boot Up Num-Lock LED This setting is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on. Setting to [On] will turn on the Num Lock key when the system is powered on. Setting to [Off] will allow users to use the arrow keys on the numeric keypad. 3-9 M S-7519 M ainboard IOAPIC Function This field is used to enable or disable the APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller). Due to compliance with PC2001 design guide, the system is able to run in APIC mode. Onboard LAN Controller This item is used to enable/disable the onboard 1st LAN controller . LAN Option ROM This item is used to decide whether to invoke the Boot ROM of the LAN controller. Onboard IEEE1394 Controller This item allows you to enable/disable the onboard IEEE1394 controller. Extra IDE Controller This item allows you to enable/disable the Extra IDE controller. HD Audio Controller This setting is used to enable/disable the onboard audio controller. On-Chip ATA Devices Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and the following screen appears: 3-12 BIOS Setup PCI IDE BusMaster This item allows you to enable/ disable BIOS to used PCI busmastering for reading/ writing to IDE drives. On-Chip SATA Controller These items allow users to enable or disable the SATA controller. RAID M ode This item allows you to select the AHCI/ IDE mode for SATA device. AHCI Configuration W hen the "RAID Mode" sets to [AHCI], this field is available. AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out Select the waiting time for the AHCI CD/ DVD when booting. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology) capability for the hard disks. [. . . ] Usually the Dynamic Overclocking Technology will be powered only when users' PC runs huge amount of data, like 3D games or video process, and the mainboard/ graphicd card need to be boosted up to enhance the overall performance. There will be several selections when you click the DOT rate button (include increase rate and decrease rate buttons), to select the DOT level, then you have to click the DOT button to apply the DOT function. DOT FSB-UP Rate button DOT FSB-DOWN Rate button Important Even though the Dynamic Overclocking Technology is more stable than manual overclocking, basically, it is still risky. We suggest user to make sure that your CPU can afford to overclock regularly first. If you find the PC appears to be unstable or reboot incidentally, it's better to lower the level of overclocking options. [. . . ]