BIOS SETUP
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CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking
Select “Enabled” to ensure that the data are accurate.
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Processor Number Feature
This function was designed with the internet in mind. Select “ Enabled” to make the
processor serial number serve as a means of identifying your system.
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Quick Power On Self Test
Select “Enabled” to reduce the amount of time required to run the POST. The Quick
POST skips certain steps. We recommend that you normally disable Quick POST. It is
better to find a problem during POST than to lose data during your work.
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First/Second/Third Boot Device; Boot Other Device
The original IBM PCs loaded the DOS operating system from drive A (floppy disk).
Therefore, IBM PC-compatible systems are designed to search for an operating system
first on drive A, and then on drive C (hard disk). However, the BIOS attempts to load the
operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these fields. In addition to
the traditional drives A (“Floppy”) and C (“HDD-0”), options include: “HDD-1”, “HDD-2”,
“HDD-3”, “CDROM”, a “SCSI” hard drive, a “LS120” drive, a “ZIP100” drive and a “LAN”
drive. If your boot device is not included in the list, you can set the “Boot Other Device”
field to “Enabled”, and let the system detect the drive automatically.
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Swap Floppy Drive
This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives. Selecting “Enabled” assigns
physical drive B to logical drive A, and physical drive A to logical drive B.
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Boot Up Floppy Seek
When you select “Enabled”, the BIOS tests (seeks) floppy drives to determine whether
they have 40 or 80 tracks. Only 360-KB floppy drives have 40 tracks; drives with 720KB,
1.2MB, and 1.44MB capacity all have 80 tracks.
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Boot Up NumLock Status
Toggle between “On” and “Off” to control the state of the NumLock key when the system
boots. When toggled “On”, the numeric keypad generates numbers instead of controlling
cursor operations.
