Chapter 3
POST (Power On Self Test). This function stops the computer if BIOS detects a
hardware error. You can tell BIOS to halt on all errors, no errors, or not to halt on
specific errors.
3-2 Advanced BIOS Features
By choosing the Advanced BIOS Features option from the CMOS Setup Utility
menu (Figure 3-1), the screen below displays the manufacturer's default values for
the motherboard.
Figure 3-3 Advanced BIOS Feature Screen
Virus Warning:
When you set it as enabled, you receive a warning message if a program
(specifically, a virus) attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the
hard disk drive.
Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the
virus-warning message. If you plan to run such a program, we recommend that
you first disable the virus warning.
CPU L1 & L2 Cache:
Cache memory is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory. These
fields allow you to enable or disable the CPUs Level 1 built-in cache and Level 2
external cache. Both settings are left as Enabled to significantly increase the
performance of your computer.
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