PT-6IL
MAINBOARD
AWARD BIOS SETUP
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Enabled
: A warning message will be displayed on the screen when something
attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
Disabled
: No warning message will appear on the screen when anything attempts to
access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
CPU Internal Cache / External Cache :
These fields allow you to turn on or turn off the Level 1 and Level 2 cache that built-in
Pentium™ II processors.
Boot Sequence :
This field allows you to use some other device to boot the operating system. The
options available are “A,C,SCSI”, “C,A,SCSI”, “C,CDROM,A”, “CDROM,C,A”,
“D,A,SCSI”, “E,A,SCSI”, “F,A,SCSI”, “SCSI,A,C”, “SCSI,C,A”, “C only” and
“LS/ZIP,C”.
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When select to load the OS from “CDROM,C,A” or “LS/ZIP,C”, you must select the
“HARD DISK TYPE and MODE” properly, the “Auto” selection is recommended so
that you can use CDROM or LS/ZIP device to load the OS into your system. (You can
find these items in the “STANDARD CMOS SETUP” )
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop :
Some display cards are non-standard VGA card (such as graphics accelerator or MPEG
Card) which may not display color properly on your screen. “Enable” the setting in this
field may correct this problem. Please leave it “Disabled” as the default setting shown
above if you are using the normal display card.
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB :
When you are using the “OS/2™” operating system and the system memory is more
than 64MB, you will have to select the setting to “OS2”, otherwise, leave this on the
default setting “Non-OS2” for all other operating systems.
PS/2 mouse function control :
This mainboard built-in a PS/2™ mouse port, In case that you prefer to connect your
mouse to the serial port instead of using the PS/2™ mouse, you may choose “Disable”
in this field so that the IRQ12 can be released for the other devices; If you are using the
PS/2™ mouse, leave this field “Enabled”.
