Advanced BIOS Features
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CPU Feature | Press Enter to configure the CPU Virtualization and AMD K8 Cool and Quiet Control features. | |
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Hard Disk Boot Priority | Press Enter to select hard disk boot device priority. |
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Virus Warning | Specifies the virus warning feature for IDE hard disk boot sector protection. | Disabled |
| If enabled, BIOS will show a warning message on the screen or an alarm | Enabled |
| beep when someone attempts to write data into this area. |
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CPU Internal Cache | Enables or disables CPU internal cache. | Enabled |
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| Disabled |
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External Cache | Enables or disables internal cache. | Enabled |
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Quick Power On Self Test | Allows the system to skip certain test while booting. This will decrease the | Enabled |
| time needed to boot the system. | Disabled |
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First/Second/Third/Fourth | Specifies the boot order from the available devices. | CDROM, Hard |
Boot Device |
| Disk, NVIDIA |
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| Boot Age, |
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| Floppy, |
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| ZIP, |
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| CDROM, USB- |
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| HDD, Legacy |
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| LAN, Disabled |
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Boot Up Floppy Seek | Enables or disables floppy drive testing to determine whether they have 40 | Disabled |
| to 80 tracks. | Enabled |
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Boot Up NumLock Status | Selects power on state for Num Lock. | On |
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| Off |
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Gate A20 Option | When set to fast, the motherboard chipset controls the operation of Gate | Fast |
| A20. But when set to normal, a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate | Normal |
| A20. |
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Typematic Rate Setting | When enabled, you can manually adjust the settings using the two typematic | Disabled |
| controls (Typematic Rate and Typematic Rate Delay). If disabled, the BIOS | Enabled |
| will use the default setting. |
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Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) | Rate at which the keyboard will repeat the keystroke if you press it | 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, |
| continuously. | 20, 24, 30 |
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Typematic Delay (MSec) | Delay, in Msec, before the keyboard automatically repeats the keystroke that | 250, 500, 750, |
| you have pressed continuously. | 1000 |
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