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3.5 Advanced BIOS Features
This section allows you to configure your system for basic opera-
tion. You can select the system’s default speed, boot-up
sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security.
Figure 3-4: Advanced BIOS Features
Virus Warning
Allow you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk
boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone
attempts to write data into this area, the BIOS will show a warning
message on screen and alarm beep.
Enabled
: Activates automatically when the system boots up caus-
ing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to
access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
Disabled
: No warning message will appear when anything
attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.