Chapter 3 Award BIOS Setup
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Enabled
Activates automatically when the system boots up. If anything attempts
to access the boot sector or hard disk, partition table will cause a
warning message to appear.
Disabled
No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the
boot sector or hard disk partition table.
Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table can
cause the above warning message. If you will be running such a program, we
recommend that you first disable Virus Protection beforehand.
CPU L1 Cache, L2 Cache
These two categories speed up memory access.
However, it depends on CPU/chipset design. The default value is ‘enabled‘.
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking
When this item is enabled, it means the system
supports Error Checking and Correcting (ECC) memory which can guard against data
corruption.
Processor Number Feature
The Processor Serial Number serves as an identifier for
the Processor and its system and thus adds to the system security features. When this
feature is “Enabled”, the Processor Serial Number is detectable and can be utilized in
information Management etc. When “Disabled”, the Processor Serial Number is not
detectable. This feature is built in Pentium
®
III Processor only.
Quick Power On Self Test
This category speeds up Power On Self Test after you
power up the computer. If you set “Enabled”, BIOS will shorten or skip some items
under check during POST.
Boot Sequence
This category determines which drive to search first for the Disk
Operating System (i.e., DOS). The system will search those drives in order, Ex.: C,
CDROM, A: System will first search for hard disk drive then CDROM drive, and the
last is floppy disk drive.
Note: C is primary master; D is primary slave; E is secondary master, F is secondary
slave.
Swap Floppy Drive
This item allows you to determine whether to enable the swap
floppy drive or not. The choice : Enabled/ Disabled.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
During POST, the BIOS will determine if the floppy disk drive
installed is 40 tracks (360K) or 80 tracks (720K, 1.2M, 1.44M)
Enabled
BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80 tracks.
Disabled
BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number.
