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BIOS Features Setup
The BIOS Features Setup allows you to configure your system for basic
operation. Some entries are defaults required by the system board,
while others, if enabled, will improve the performance of your system or
let you set some features according to your preference.
Base
Memory
Extended
Memory
Other
Memory
This refers to the amount of base or conventional memory
installed on the system board.
This is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the
memory address map of the CPU.
This memory size refers to the memory located in the ad-
dress space between 640K and 1024K. DOS uses this
area to load device drivers to keep base memory free for
application programs. The most appropriate use of this
area is for Shadow RAM.
Virus Warning
This category protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard
disk drive. When this item is enabled, the Award BIOS will monitor the
boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive. If an attempt is
made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive,
the BIOS will halt the system and the following error message will
appear.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Virus Warning
CPU Internal Cache
External Cache
Quick Power On Self Test
Boot Sequence
Swap Floppy Drive
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Boot Up NumLock Status
Typematic Rate Setting
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
Typematic Delay (Msec)
Security Option
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
: Disabled
: Enabled
: Enabled
: Disabled
: A, C, SCSI
: Disabled
: Enabled
: On
: Disabled
: 6
: 250
: Setup
: Disabled
: Non-OS2
Video BIOS Shadow
C8000-CBFFF Shadow
CC000-CFFFF Shadow
D0000-D3FFF Shadow
D4000-D7FFF Shadow
D8000-DBFFF Shadow
DC000-DFFFF Shadow
: Enabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
ESC
F1
F5
F6
F7
: Quit
: Help
: Old Values
: Load Fail-Safe Settings
: Load Optimal Settings
↑↓→ ←
PU/PD/+/-
(Shift) F2
: Select Item
: Modify
: Color
