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BIOS Setup
Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot
sector table will cause the warning message to appear. If you are
running such a program, we recommend that you first disable this
field. Also, disable this field if you are installing or running certain
operating systems like Windows
®
98SE/2000/ME/XP or the oper-
ating system may not install nor work.
3.1.2.3 CPU L1 & L2 Cache
This field speeds up the memory access. The default value is ena-
bled.
3.1.2.4 CPU L3 Cache
This field is used to enable or disable the CPU’s L3 cache.
3.1.2.5 Hyper-Threading Technology (for Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor
with Hyper-Threading Technology)
This field is used to enable the functionality of the Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor with Hyper-Threading Technology and will
appear only when using this processor.
3.1.2.6 Quick Power On Self Test
This field speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power
on the system. When Enabled, the BIOS will shor ten or skip
some check items during POST.
3.1.2.7 First Boot Device, Second Boot Device, Third Boot Device
and Boot Other Device
Select the drive to boot first, second and third in the “First Boot
Device” “Second Boot Device” and “Third Boot Device” fields
respectively. The BIOS will boot the operating system according
to the sequence of the drive selected. Set “Boot Other Device”
to Enabled if you wish to boot from another device.
