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Managing The PC BIOS
Managing The PC BIOS
PC BIOSPC BIOS
Video
This field selects the type of primary video subsystem that is on your computer. The BIOS
CMOS Setup Utility will automatically detect the correct video type.
Monitors
EGA/VGA
Enhanced Graphics Adapter/Video Graphics Array. For EGA, VGA , SEGA, SVGA
or PGA monitor adapters
CGA 40
Color Graphics Adapter power up in 40 column mode
CGA 80
Color Graphics Adapterpower up in 80 column mode
MONO
Monochrome adapter includes high resolution monochrome adapters
Halt On
This field allows you to decide which errors, detected during the Power On Self Test (POST),
will halt the system.
Base Memory / Extended Memory / Total Memory
This field displays the amount of memory detected by the system during boot up. This is a
display only field. You cannot make any changes to this field.
Base Memory:
Indicates the memory installed below the conventional 1MB space.
Extended Memory:
Indicates the memory installed above the 1MB space.
Total Memory:
Indicates the total memory installed in the PC system.
3.4. ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES
3.4. ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES
(The ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES menu is on
(The ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES menu is on
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Virus Warning
When you enable the virus warning you will receive a warning message whenever a program
(specifically, a virus) attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk
drive. If you receive such a message you should immediately run an anti-virus program. Keep
in mind that this feature
only
protects the boot sector and not the entire hard drive.
NOTE! Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger
the virus-warning message. If you plan to run such a program, we recommend
that you first disable the virus warning.
CPU Internal Cache / External Cache
Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system
memory). CPUs from 486-type up contain internal cache memory, and most, but not all, mod-
ern PCs have an additional (external) cache memory. When the CPU requests data, the sys-
tem transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for faster access
by the CPU.
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