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Chapter 5 Award BIOS Setup
PC-550 USER
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Page: 5-9
CPU INTERNAL CACHE:
This item should always be Enable, If your system is 486CPU. Even if you
have installed the external cache. If you have no external cache installed this
item should be enabled to allow use of the internal 8K cache in the 486 CPU.
EXTERNAL CACHE:
Enable or disable this function according to whether you want external cache
enabled or disabled.
QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST:
You can enable or disable this item to speed up Power On Self Test (POST)
after you power on the computer. If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or
skip some check items during POST.
BOOT SEQUENCE:
You may define whether the system will look first at drive A: and then at drive
C: when booting up, or vice versa.
BOOT UP FLOPPY SEEK:
You may enable / disable this item to define whether the system will look for a
floppy disk drive to boot at power-on, or directly to the hard disk drive.
BOOT UP NUMLOCK STATUS:
Use this item to enable / disable the NumLock on your keyboard automatically
at power-on.
BOOT UP SYSTEM SPEED:
Select High to configure your system in the turbo speed mode at boot up,
select Low to configure your system in normal speed mode. Whichever setting
you choose you will still be able to use the turbo switch to toggle between the
tow modes during use.
MEMORY PARITY CHECK:
Enable or Disable this item according to whether you wish the system to check
the memory parity during boot up or not. If you disable this item even if the
BIOS encounters a parity error it will be ignored. We re-commend that you
always enable the item in order to ensure that the memory is good each time
you turn your PC on.