Advantech MIC-3351, Startup Manual

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Chapter 6 Award BIOS Setup 47
Virus Warning
During and after the system boots up, any attempt to write to the boot
sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system. If
this happens, a warning message will be displayed. You can run the
anti-virus program to locate the problem.
If Virus Warning is Disabled, no warning message will appear if
anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition.
CPU Internal Cache/External Cache
Depending on the CPU/chipset design, these options can speed up
memory access when enabled.
Quick Power On Self Test
This option speeds up the Power-On Self Test (POST) conducted as
soon as the computer is turned on. When enabled, the BIOS shortens
or skips some of the items during the test. When disabled, normal
POST procedures resume.
Boot Sequence
This function determines the sequence in which the computer will
search the drives for the disk operating system (i.e. DOS). The default
value is "C, A, SCSI". The following options are available:
A: Computer will boot from the A (floppy) disk drive
C: Computer will boot from the C (hard) disk drive
CDROM: Computer will boot from the CD-ROM disc drive
SCSI: Computer will boot from the SCSI drive
D: Computer will boot from the D drive
E: Computer will boot from the E drive
F: Computer will boot from the F drive
LS120: Computer will boot from the LS-120 drive
Boot Up Floppy Seek
During POST, the BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive installed
has 40 or 80 tracks. The 360 KB type has 40 tracks while the 720 KB,
1.2 MB, and 1.44 MB all have 80 tracks.
Enabled BIOS searches the floppy drive to determine if it has 40 or 80
tracks. Note that BIOS cannot differentiate 720 KB, 1.2 MB,
and 1.44 MB type drives as they all have 80 tracks.
Disabled BIOS will not search for the floppy drive type by track
number. Note that there will not be any warning message if
the drive installed is 360 KB.