Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration

BIOS Features Setup

This section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference.

ROM / PCI ISA BIOS

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

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Virus Warning

: Disabled

Video BIOS Shadow

: Enabled

 

 

CPU Internal Cache

: Enabled

C8000-CBFFF Shadow

: Disabled

 

 

External Cache

: Enabled

CC000-CFFFF Shadow

: Disabled

 

 

Quick Power On Self Test

: Enabled

D0000-D3FFF Shadow

: Disabled

 

 

Boot Sequence

: A, C, SCSI

D4000-D7FFF Shadow

: Disabled

 

 

Swap Floppy Drive

: Disabled

D8000-DBFFF Shadow

: Disabled

 

 

Boot Up Floppy Drive

: Enabled

DC000-DFFF Shadow

: Disabled

 

 

Boot Up Numlock Status

: On

 

 

 

 

Boot Up System Speed

: High

 

 

 

 

Gate A20 Option

: Fast

 

 

 

 

Memory Parity / ECC Check

: Disabled

 

 

 

 

Typematic Rate Setting

: Disabled

 

 

 

 

Typematic Rate (chars/Sec)

: 6

 

 

 

 

Typematic Delay (Msec)

: 250

 

 

 

 

Security Option

: Setup

 

 

 

 

PCI /VGA Palette Snoop

: Disabled

ESC : Quit

Ç È Æ Å : Select Item

 

 

OS Select For DRAM>64MB

: Non-OS2

F1 : Help

PU/PD/+/- : Modify

 

 

HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability

: Enabled

F5 : Old Values

(Shift) F2 : Color

 

 

 

 

F6 : Load BIOS Defaults

 

 

 

 

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virus Warning

This item protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications. If an attempt is made, the BIOS will halt the system and display a warning message. If this occurs, you can either allow the operation to continue or run an anti-virus program to locate and remove the problem.

NOTE: Many disk diagnostic programs which attempt to access the boot sector table can cause the virus warning. If you will run such a program, disable the Virus Warning feature.

CPU Internal Cache / External Cache

Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). CPUs from 486-type on up contain internal cache memory, and most, but not all, modern PCs have additional (external) cache memory. When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested data from the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU. These items allow you to enable (speed up memory access) or disable the cache function. By default, these items are Enabled.

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IBM CI5VGM Series user manual Bios Features Setup, Virus Warning, CPU Internal Cache / External Cache