VIA 82C694 ATX Mainboard
AWARD BIOS SETUP
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Virus Warning :
This is the virus intruding warning feature in the BIOS. During and after the
operation system is loaded, any attempt to write to the boot sector or partition
table on the IDE hard disk drive will trigger this feature and give you some
warning messages on the screen and then halt the system. When you find the
message on your screen, please run the anti-virus program to see whether your
system is infected by a virus or not.
Enabled
: A warning message will be displayed on the screen when something
attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
Disabled
: No warning message will appear on the screen when anything
attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
CPU Internal Cache / External Cache :
These fields allow you to turn on or turn off the Level 1 and Level 2 cache that
built-in Pentium™ II/!!! or Celeron™ processors.
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking:
This option will enable or disable the ECC checking on the CPU L2 cache. The
ECC checking will ensure the accuracy of the data stored on the L2 cache.
Processor Number Feature:
You can not see this selection option unless you have the Pentium !!! processor
installed on the mainboard. There is the serial code inside every Pentium !!!
processor and it will be accessed by application to show your personal ID. If you
don't feel like to give your serial code to other people, select the "Disabled" setting.
Quick Power on Self Test:
The Quick Power On Self Test will skip some test and speed up the boot process. If
you find the system is working normally, you can always enable this feature so that
you don’t have to wait too long on the POST.
First / Second / Third Boot Device :
These fields allow you to decide the sequence of the boot devices.
Swap Floppy Drive :
When enable this option, the device name of the floppy drives will be swapped, For
example, drive A will be treated as drive B, and drive B as Drive A.