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4.6 Advanced BIOS Features
This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation.
You have the opportunity to select the system’s default speed, boot-up
sequence, keyboard operation, shadowing and security.
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Advanced BIOS Features
Virus Warning Disabled
CPU Internal Cache Enabled
External Cache Enabled
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled
Process Number feature Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test Disabled
First Boot device Floppy
Second Boot device HDD-0
Third Boot device LS120
Boot other device Enabled
Swap Floppy Drive
Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled
Boot Up NumLock Status
On
Gate A20 Option Fast
Typematic Rate Setting Disabled
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
6
Typematic Delay (Msec) 250
Security Option Setup
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
Non-
OS2
Report NO FDD For Win 95 No
Item Help
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Menu Level
Allows you to choose the
VIRUS warning feature for
IDE Hard Disk boot sector
protection. If this function is
enabled and someone
attempt to write data into this
area, BIOS will show a
warning message on screen
and alarm beep
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Virus Warning
Allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot
sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to
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write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen
and alarm beep.
Enabled
Activates automatically when the system boots up
causing a warning message to appear when anything
attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk
partition table.
Disabled
No warning message will appear when anything
attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk
partition table.
CPU Internal Cache/External Cache
These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends
on CPU/chipset design.
Enabled Enable
cache
Disabled Disable
cache
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking
This item allows you to enable/disable CPU L2 Cache ECC checking.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Processor Number Feature
This item allows you to enable/disable support KLAMATH.
The choice: Enabled, Disabled.
Quick Power On Self Test
This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power
up the computer. If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some
check items during POST.
Enabled
Enable quick POST
Disabled Normal
POST
