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Award BIOS Setup Utility 
3.1.2 Advanced BIOS Features
The Advanced BIOS Features allows you to configure your system for basic operation. Some entries are defaults required by the system board, while others, if enabled, will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference.
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Advanced BIOS Features
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| Virus Warning |
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| Item Help |
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| CPU L1 Cache |
| Enabled |
| Menu Level |
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| CPU L2 Cache |
| Enabled |
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| CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking |
| Enabled |
| Allows you to choose |
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| Processor Serial Number |
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| Quick Power On Self Test |
| Enabled |
| the VIRUS warning |
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| First Boot Device |
| Floppy |
| feature for IDE Hard |
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| Second Boot Device |
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| Disk boot sector |
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| Third Boot Device |
| LS/ZIP |
| protection. If this |
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| Boot Other Device |
| Enabled |
| function is enabled and |
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| Swap Floppy Drive |
| Disabled |
| someone attempt to |
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| Boot Up Floppy Seek |
| Disabled |
| write data into this |
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| Boot Up NumLock Status |
| Off |
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| Typematic Rate Setting |
| Disabled |
| warning message on |
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| X Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) |
| 6 |
| screen and alarm beep |
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| X Typematic Delay (Msec) |
| 250 |
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| Security Option |
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| OS Select For DRAM > 64MB |
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| HDD S.M.A.R.T. Capability |
| Disabled |
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| −↓→← Move Enter:Select | ESC:Exit F1:General Help |
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The settings on the screen are for reference only. Your version may not be identical to this one.
Virus Warning
This category protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive. When this item is enabled, the Award BIOS will monitor the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive. If an attempt is made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive, the BIOS will halt the system and an error message will appear.
After seeing the error message, if necessary, you will be able to run an
Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table will cause the warning message to appear. If you are running such a program, we recommend that you first disable this category. Also, disable this category if you are installing or running certain operating systems like Windows® 95/98 or the operating system may not install nor work.
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