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External Cache
Default: Enabled
All the Celeron processors that can be installed in this mainboard use external (level 2)
cache memory to improve performance. Leave this item at the default value Enabled for
better performance.
Quick Power On Self Test
Default: Enabled
You can enable this item to shorten the power on testing and have your system start up a
little faster. You might like to enable this item after you are confident that your system
hardware is operating smoothly.
Boot From LAN First
Default: Disabled
Enable this item if the system is part of a network and you want the machine to remote
boot an OS from a network server.
Boot Sequence
Default: A,C,SCSI
This item defines where the system will look for an operating system, and the order of
priority. You can boot an operating system from many locations including a SCSI device, a
ZIP drive, a floppy diskette drive or an LS-120 high-capacity diskette drive.
Swap Floppy Drive
Default: Disabled
If you have two floppy diskette drives in your system, this item allows you to swap around
the assigned drive letters so that drive A becomes drive B, and drive B becomes drive A.
Boot Up NumLock Status
Default: On
This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is started.
Gate A20 Option
Default: Fast
This option provides compatibility with older software written for the 286 processor. Leave
this item at the default value fast.
Security Option
Default: Setup
If you have installed password protection, this item defines if the password is required at
system start up, or if it is only required when a user tries to enter the setup utility.
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
Default: Disabled
This item is designed to overcome some problems that can be caused by some non-
standard VGA cards. This board includes a built-in VGA system that does not require
palette snooping so you must leave this item disabled.
OS Select For DRAM > 64 MB
Default: Non-OS2
This item is only required if you have installed more than 64 MB of memory and you are
running the OS/2 operating system. Otherwise, leave this item at the default Non-OS2.
HDD S.M.A.R.T capability
Default: Disabled
SMART is an industry acronym for Self-monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology.
If the documentation of your hard disk states that SMART is supported, you can enable this
item.
BIOS Flash
Default: Disabled
Enable this item if you want to use the Flash BIOS utility to erase the current BIOS and
flash a new BIOS to the system firmware. See Chapter 4 for more information.
Video BIOS Shadow
Default: Enabled
This item allows the video BIOS to be copied to system memory for faster performance.
