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Chapter 6 BIOS and System Setup
38 Pentium II/III ATX Motherboard User’s Manual
Virus Warning
This item protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk
against accidental modifications. If an attempt is made, the BIOS will
halt the system and display a warning message. If this occurs, you can
either allow the operation to continue or run an anti-virus program to
locate and remove the problem.
NOTE: Many disk diagnostic programs, which attempt to access the
boot sector table, can cause the virus warning. If you will run
such a program, disable the Virus Warning feature.
CPU Internal Cache / External Cache
Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than
conventional DRAM (system memory). CPUs from 486-type on up
contain internal cache memory, and most, but not all, modern PCs have
additional (external) cache memory. When the CPU requests data, the
system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache
memory, for even faster access by the CPU. These items allow you to
enable (speed up memory access) or disable the cache function. By
default, these items are
Enabled .
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking
Memory Parity / ECC Check
When enabled, this allows parity / ECC checking of the CPU
’
s L2 cache.
Processor Number Feature
This field only appears if the processor on board is a Pentium III
processor. The Processor Number Feature can be enabled or disabled.
Quick Power On Self Test
When enabled, this field speeds up the Power On Self Test (POST) after
the system is turned on. If it is set to
Enabled , BIOS will skip some items.
Boot Sequence
This field determines the drive that the system searches first for an
operating system. The default value is
A, C, SCSI . The options are :
A, C, SCSI D, A, SCSI SCSI, C, A
C, A, SCSI E, A, SCSI C only
C, CDROM, A F, A, SCSI LS/ZIP, C
CDROM, C, A SCSI, A, C