Virus Warning
Allows users to choose the VIRUS Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep will be heard.
Enabled | Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a |
| warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the |
| boot sector or hard disk partition table. |
Disabled | No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access |
| the boot sector or hard disk partition table. |
CPU L1 & L2 Cache
These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset design.
Enabled | Enable cache |
Disabled | Disable cache |
Set this option to Enabled to permit
Quick Power On Self Test
This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after the computer is on. If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.
Enabled | Enable quick POST |
Disabled | Normal POST |
LAN BootROM
Disabled/Enabled LAN BootROM
First/Second/Third/Other Boot Device
The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items.
The Choice: Floppy, LS120,
Swap Floppy Drive
If the system has two floppy drives, the logical drive name can be swapped. The choice: Enabled/Disabled.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Seeks disk drives during boot up.
Make this option disabled speeds boot up.
The choice: Enabled/Disabled.
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