Enabled
Activates automatically when the system boots up. If anything attempts
to access the boot sector or hard disk, partition table will cause a
warning message to appear.
Disabled
No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the
boot sector or hard disk partition table.
Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table can cause
the above warning message. If you will be running such a program, we recommend that
you first disable Virus Protection beforehand.
CPU Internal Cache; External Cache
These two categories speed up memory access.
However, it depends on CPU/chipset design. The default value is ‘enabled‘.
Quick Power On Self Test
This category speeds up Power On Self Test after you power
up the computer. If you set Enabled, BIOS will shorten or skip some checked items
during POST.
Boot Sequence
This category determines which drive to search first for the Disk
Operating System (i.e., DOS). The system will search those drives in order, Ex.: C,
CDROM, A: System will first search for hard disk drive then CDROM drive, and the last
is floppy disk drive.
Note: C is primary master; D is primary slave; E is secondary master, F is secondary
slave.
Swap Floppy Drive
This item allows you to determine whether to enable the swap
floppy drive or not. The choice : Enabled/ Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek
During POST, the BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive
installed is 40 tracks (360K) or 80 tracks (720K, 1.2M, 1.44M)
Enabled
BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks
Disabled
BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number
Boot Up NumLock Status
This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric
keypad. By default, the system boots up with NumLock on.
On
Keypad is numeric keys
Off
Keypad is arrow keys
Boot Up System Speed
Selects the default system speed—the normal operating speed at
power up.
High
Set the speed to high
Low
Set the speed to low
Gate A20 Option
This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The
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