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this.
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave
Each of these items shows the name of the IDE devices currently connected to the
motherboard.
Drive A
Allows users to choose the type of the floppy disk drive currently used. Available
options:
None
,
360K
,
5.25 in.
,
1.2M
,
5.25in.
,
720K
,
3.5in.
,
1.44M
,
3.5in.
,
2.88M
,
3.5in.
.
Video
Allows users to choose the specification of the monitor currently connected to the
motherboard.
Halt On
The item allows users to determine under what condition the system should halt
during the boot process.
l
If
All Errors
is selected, the boot process will halt when the system detects any
errors on hardware during the POST.
l
If
No Errors
is selected, the boot process will not halt even though the system
detects an error on hardware during the POST.
l
If
All, But Keyboard
is selected, the boot process will halt when the system
detects any errors on hardware except for the keyboard.
l
If
All, But Diskette
is selected, the boot process will halt when the system
detects any errors on hardware except for the hard disk drive.
If
All, But Disk/Key
is selected, the boot process will halt when the system detects
any errors on hardware except for the hard disk drive & keyboard.
3-3 Advanced BIOS Features
Hard Disk Boot Priority
One of the major tasks for the BIOS is to help the CPU load the operating system
from the hard disk drive into the system memory. This feature allows users to set the
sequence by which the BIOS will search for an operating system. Set the hard disk
drive that contains the operating system as the first place for the fastest booting
process.
CPU Internal/External Cache
This feature controls the functionality of the CPU
’
s internal & external cache. If
enabled
, the CPU
’
s internal & external cache will be allowed to work. The CPU
