
Advanced BIOS Features
This option defines advanced information about your system.
Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Advanced BIOS Features
Item Help
Virus Warning
[Disabled]
CPU L1 & L2 Cache
[Enabled]
Quick Power On Self Test
[Enabled]
First Boot Device
[Floppy]
Second Boot Device
[HDD-0]
Third Boot Device
[CDROM]
Boot Other Device
[Enabled]
Swap Floppy Drive
[Disabled]
Boot Up Floppy Seek
[Disabled]
Boot Up NumLock Status
[On]
Gate A20 Option
[Fast]
ATA 66/100 Cable MSG
Enabled]
Typematic Rate Setting
[Disabled]
x Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
6
x Typematic Delay (Msec)
250
Security Option
[Setup]
APIC
Mode
[Enabled]
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
[Non-OS2]
HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability [Disabled]
Menu Level
Allows you to choose
the VIRUS warning
feature for IDE Hard
Disk boot sector
protection. If this
function is enabled
and someone attempts
to write data into this
area, BIOS will show a
warning message on
screen and alarm beep
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Enter : Select
+/-/PU/PD:Value:
F10: Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous
Values
F6:Fail-Safe
Defaults F7:Optimized
Defaults
Virus Warning (Disabled)
When enabled, this item provides protection against viruses that try to write to
the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive. You need to disable
this item when installing an operating system. We recommend that you enable
this item as soon as you have installed an operating system.
Note:
For complete protection against viruses, install virus software in your op-
erating system and update the virus definitions regularly.
CPU L1 and L2 Cache (Enabled)
All processors that can be installed in this mainboard use internal level 1 (L1)
and external level 2 (L2) cache memory to improve performance. Leave this
item at the default value for better performance.
Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled)
Enable this item to shorten the power on testing (POST) and have your sys-
tem start up faster. You might like to enable this item after you are confident
that your system hardware is operating smoothly.
First/Second/Third Boot Device (Floppy/HDD-0/CDROM)
Use these three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your
system searches for an operating system at start-up time.
Boot Other Device (Enabled)
When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an operat-
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