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Setup 3 — BIOS Features Setup
Use Setup 3 to set a variety of BIOS feature options. Figure 2– 8 shows what can be configured on
Setup 3, and the sections that follow describe each parameter.
BIOS FEATURES Setup
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Virus Warning : Disabled
CPU Internal Cache : Enabled
External Cache : Disabled
Quick Power On Self Test : Disabled
Boot Sequence : A,C
Swap Floppy Drive : Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek : Enabled
Boot Up NumLock Status : Off
Typematic Rate Setting : Enabled
Typematic Rate (chars/Sec) : 6
Typematic Delay (Msec) : 250
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop: : Disabled
Assign IRQ for VGA : Disabled
Watchdog Timer : Disabled
Show System Status at Boot : Enabled
OS2 Select for DRAM > 64MB : Non-OS2
Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled
Serial Console : Disabled
Serial Boot Loader : Disabled
OEM Flash (S0) : Disabled
ESC:Quit ↑ ↓ → ←:Select Item
F1 :Help PU/PD/+/-:Modify
F5 :Old Values (Shift)F2 :Color
F6 :Load BIOS Defaults
F7 :Load Setup Defaults
Figure 2– 8. Setup 3 — BIOS Features Setup
This Setup screen allows you to configure the following parameters:
! Virus Warning — monitors for writes to the hard disk boot sector. If a write is detected, the
BIOS will display the following warning message, beep the speaker, and wait f or user
confirmation. !!! WARNING !!!
Disk Boot sector is to be modified
type "Y" to accept, any key to abort
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! CPU Internal Cache — enable or disable the CPU internal cache.
! Quick Power On Self Test — when enabled, the POST will skip some non-essential tests
(such as repetitive memory tests) in order to shorte n the POST time .
! Boot Sequence — determines the order in which drives should be searched by the disk
operating system. Options are [A, C], [C, A], [A, SCSI], [SCSI, A], [CD, A, C], [C only], and
[SCSI only]. (“C” refers to an IDE drive, and “CD” refers to an IDE CD-ROM drive.)
! Swap Floppy Drive — If two floppy drives are connected to the system, drive A becomes drive
B and vice-versa.
! Boot Up Floppy Seek — during POST, the BIOS performs a seek test to determine if the drive
is 40 or 80 tracks (360K drives have 40 tracks, other drives have 80 tracks).