5.5Advanced BIOS Features

The Advanced BIOS Features menu items allow you to change the advanced BIOS settings.

Take caution when changing the settings of the Advanced BIOS Features items. Incorrect field values may cause the system to malfunction.

Phoenix - Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Advanced BIOS Features

CPU Feature

[Press Enter]

Select Menu

Hard Disk Boot Priority

[Press Enter]

Item Specific Help

First Boot Device

[Hard Disk]

 

Second Boot Device

[CDROM]

CPU feature setup menu

Third Boot Device

[Floppy]

 

Boot Other Device

[Enabled]

 

Boot Up Floppy Seek

[Disabled]

 

Boot up Num-Lock Status

[On]

 

Security Option

[Setup]

 

Full Screen LOGO Show

[Setup]

 

: Move Enter:Select

+/-/PU/PD:Value F10:Save&Exit

ESC:Exit F1:General Help

F5: Previous Values

F6: Fail-Safe Defaults

F9: Optimized Defaults

CPU Feature [ Press Enter]

Allows you to view the CPU feature setup menu.

Execute Disable Bit [Enabled]

When disabled, the processor forces the XD feature flag to always return 0. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

CPU Hyper-Threading [Enabled]

Enables or disabled the processor Hyper-Threading technology. Set this item to [Enabled] if you are using Windows® XP, Linux 2.4, or other operating systems optimized for Intel® Hyper-Threading technology. Set this item to [Disabled] if you are using other operating systems that are not optimized for Intel® Hyper-Threading technology. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

H ard Di sk Boot Pri ori ty [ Press Enter]

Allows you to select the hard disk boot device priority. The number of devices that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system.

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Chapter 5: BIOS setup