Overview of BIOS Features

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3.5.1

Language Support

The BIOS Setup program and help messages are supported in US English. Check the Intel web

site for support.

3.6

BIOS Recovery

It is unlikely that anything will interrupt a BIOS update; however, if an interruption occurs, the

BIOS could be damaged. Table 8 lists the drives and media types that can and cannot be used for

BIOS recovery. The BIOS recovery media does not need to be made bootable.

Table 8. Acceptable Drives/Media Types for BIOS Recovery

Can be used for BIOS recovery?

Hard disk drive (connected to USB)

Yes

CD/DVD drive (connected to USB)

Yes

USB flash drive

Yes

NOTE

Supported file systems for BIOS recovery:



NTFS (sparse, compressed, or encrypted files are not supported)



FAT32



FAT16



FAT12



ISO 9660

For information about

Refer to

BIOS recovery

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-035445.htm

3.7

Boot Options

In the BIOS Setup program, the user can choose to boot from local storage or a removable drive.

The default setting is for the local storage to be the first boot device.

3.7.1

Booting Without Attached Devices

For use in embedded applications, the BIOS has been designed so that after passing the POST,

the operating system loader is invoked even if the following devices are not present:



Video display



Keyboard



Mouse