ADLINK Technology NuPRO-861, User Manual

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Award BIOS Setup
into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on the screen and an alarm will
sound.
Enabled - Activates automatically when the system boots up causing 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.
CPU L1& L2 Cache:
These two categories speed up memory access. However, this is dependant on
the CPU/chipset design.
Enabled - Enable cache
Disabled - Disable cache
Quick Power On Self Test:
This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after powering up the
computer. If it is set to Enable, the BIOS will shorten or skip some check items
during POST.
Enabled - Enable quick POST
Disabled - Normal POST
First/Second/Third Boot Device:
The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the
sequence selected in these items.
Options: Floppy, LS/ZIP, Hard Disk, CDROM, LAN and Disabled.
Boot Other Device:
When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an operating
system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the first, second, and
third boot devices.
Options: Enabled, Disabled
Swap Floppy Drive:
If the system has two floppy drives, the user can swap the logical drive name
assignments.
Options: Enabled, Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek:
Seeks for disk drives during boot up. Disabling speeds boot up.
Options: Enabled, Disabled.