2.4.3 Virus Warning
Enables or disables the virus warning.
2.4.4 CPU L1 & L2 Cache
Enabling this feature speeds up memory access. The commands are
“Enabled” or “Disabled.”
2.4.5 Hyper-Threading Technology
While using a CPU with Hyper-Threading technology, you can select
“Enabled” to enable Hyper-Threading Technology in an OS which sup- ports
Hyper-Threading Technology or select “Disabled” for other OSs which do not
support Hyper-Threading technology.
2.4.6 Quick Power On Self Test
This allows the system to skip certain tests to speed up the boot-up procedure.
2.4.7 First/Second/Third Boot Device
The BIOS tries to load the OS from the devices in the sequence set here. The
options are: “Floppy”, “LS120”, “HDD-0”, “SCSI”, “CDROM”,
“HDD-1”, “HDD-2”, “HDD-3”, “ZIP100”, “USB-FDD”, “USB-ZIP”,
“USBCDROM”, “USB-HDD”, “LAN”, and “Disabled”.
2.4.8 Boot Other Device
Use this to boot another device. The options are “Enabled” and “Disabled”.
2.4.9 Swap Floppy Drive
If the system has two floppy drives, choose “Enabled” to assign physical drive B to
logical drive A and vice-versa. The commands are “Enabled” or “Disabled”.
2.4.10 Boot Up Floppy Seek
Selection of the command “Disabled” will speed the boot up. Selection of
“Enabled” searches disk drives during boot up.
2.4.11 Boot Up NumLock Status
Sets the boot up status Num Lock. The options are “On” and “Off”.
3.4.12 Gate A20 Option
“Normal”: A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20. Fast
(Default) lets chipset control GateA20.
2.4.13 Typematic Rate Setting
The typematic rate is the rate key strokes repeat as determined by the keyboard
controller. The commands are “Enabled” or “Disabled”. Enabling allows the typematic
rate and delay to be selected.
2.4.14 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
The BIOS accepts the following input values (characters/second) for typematic
rate: 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, and 30.
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