Advantech AIMB-221 CPU Features, Hard Disk Boot Priority, Virus Warning, CPU L1, L2 & L3 Cache

3.4.1CPU Features

!Thermal Management

This feature controls the activation of the Thermal Monitor's automatic mode. It allows you to determine when the Pentium 4's Thermal Monitor should be acti- vated in automatic mode after the system boots. For example, with the default value of 16 Minutes, the BIOS activates the Thermal Monitor in automatic mode 16 minutes after the system starts booting up. The choices are 4 Min, 8 Min, 16 Min and 32 Min.

!Limit CPUID MaxVal

Set Limit CPUID MaxVa1 to 3. This should be disabled for Windows XP.

!C1E Function:

This option sets the CPU C1E function.

!Execute Disable Bit

When disabled, this option forces the XD feature flag to always return 0.

3.4.2Hard Disk Boot Priority

This option sets hard disk boot device priority.

3.4.3Virus Warning

Enables or disables the virus warning.

3.4.4CPU L1, L2 & L3 Cache

Enabling this feature speeds up memory access. The commands are "Enabled" or "Disabled".

3.4.5Hyper-Threading Technology

While using a CPU with Hyper-Threading technology, you can select "Enabled" to enable Hyper-Threading Technology in an OS that supports Hyper-Threading Tech- nology or select "Disabled" for other OSs that do not support Hyper-Threading tech- nology.

3.4.6Quick Power On Self Test

This allows the system to skip certain tests to speed up the boot-up procedure.

3.4.7First/Second/Third Boot Device

The BIOS tries to load the OS from the devices in the sequence set here. The options are: "Floppy", "LS120", "Hard disk", "CDROM", "ZIP100", "USB-FDD", "USB-ZIP", "USBCDROM", "USB-HDD", "LAN" and "Disabled".

3.4.8Boot Other Device

Use this to boot another device. The options are "Enabled" and "Disabled".

3.4.9Swap Floppy Drive

If the system has two floppy drives, choose "Enabled" to assign physical drive B to logical drive A and vice-versa. The commands are "Enabled" or "Disabled".

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