945P-A7B/945PL-A7B BIOS Manual
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First/Second/Third Boot Device
These BIOS attempt to load the operating system fro m the device in the sequence
selected in these items.
The Choices:
Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP,
USB-CDROM, LAN, Disabled.
Boot Other Device
When enabled, BIOS will try to load the operating system fro m other device when it
failed to load from the three devices above.
The Choices: Enabled
(default), Disabled
Swap Floppy Drive
For systems with two floppy drives, this option allows you to swap logical
drive assignments.
The Choices: Disabled
(default), Enabled.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Enabling this option will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks.
Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up.
The Choices:
Disabled,
Enabled
(default).
Report NO FDD for Win95
This item allows you to select YES/NO to Report NO FDD for Win95.
The Cho
i
ces: NO
(default), YES.
VIRUS WARNING
This option allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature that is used to protect
the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to
write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an
alarm beep.
Disabled
(default)
Virus protection is disabled.
Enabled
Virus protection is activated.
HYPER-THREADING TECHNOLOGY
This option allows you to enable or disabled CPU Hyper-Threading.
Enabled for Windows XP and Linux 2.4.x (OS optimized for Hyper Threading
Technology. Disabled for other OS (OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technology.
The Choices: Enabled
(default), Disabled.
Q UICK POWER ON SELF TEST
Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On
Self-Test (POST) to execute after you power up the computer.
Disabled Normal
POST.
Enabled
(default) Enable
quick
POST.
