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 |
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| CPU Internal Cache | : Enabled | : Disabled |
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| External Cache | : Enabled | : Disabled |
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| Quick Power On Self Test | : Enabled | : Disabled |
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| Boot Sequence | : A, C, SCSI | : Disabled |
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| Swap Floppy Drive | : Disabled | : Disabled |
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| Boot Up Floppy Drive | : Enabled | : Disabled |
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| Boot Up Numlock Status | : On |
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| Boot Up System Speed | : High |
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| Gate A20 Option | : Fast |
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| Memory Parity / ECC Check | : Disabled |
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| Typematic Rate Setting | : Disabled |
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| Typematic Rate (chars/Sec) | : 6 |
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| Typematic Delay (Msec) | : 250 |
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| Security Option | : Setup |
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| PCI /VGA Palette Snoop | : Disabled | ESC : Quit | Ç È Æ Å : Select Item |
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| OS Select For DRAM>64MB | : | F1 : Help |
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| HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability | : Enabled | F5 : Old Values | (Shift) F2 : Color |
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| F6 : Load BIOS Defaults |
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| F7 : Load Setup Defaults |
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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
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
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