Advanced BIOS Features
The following screen shows the Advanced BIOS Features:
The following table describes the parameters found in this menu. Settings in boldface are the default and suggested settings.
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Virus Warning | Allows you to set the virus warning feature for | Enabled |
| IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If the | Disabled |
| function is enabled and any attempt to write |
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| data into this area is made, BIOS will display a |
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| warning message on screen and beep. |
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Quick Power On Self Test | This parameter speeds up POST by skipping | Enabled |
| some items that are normally checked. | Disbaled |
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Hard Disk Boot Priority |
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First/Second/Third Boot | The items allow you to set the sequence of boot | Floppy, LS120, |
Device | device where BIOS attempts to load the disk | CDROM, |
| operating system. | LAN, Disabled (Disable this sequence |
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| The sequence following the order of |
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| HDD, Floppy and |
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| recommended. |
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Boot Other Device | This parameter allows you to specify the system | Enabled |
| boot up search sequence. | Disbaled |
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Swap Floppy Drive | Setting to Enabled will swap floppy drive a: and | Enabled |
| b:. | Disabled |
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Boot Up Floppy Seek | Setting to Enabled will make BIOS seek floppy | Enabled |
| drive a: before booting the system. | Disabled |
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