MSI 865GM3 Advanced Bios Features, Hard Disk Boot Priority, Virus Warning, CPU L1 & L2 Cache

MS-6763 M-ATX Mainboard

Advanced BIOS Features

Hard Disk Boot Priority

This setting determines the boot priority of the installed hard disk drives.

Virus Warning

The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If the function is enabled and any attempt to write data into this area is made, BIOS will display a warning message on screen and beep. Set- ting options: Disabled, Enabled.

CPU L1 & L2 Cache

Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system 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. The settings enable/disable the internal cache (also known as L1 or level 1 cache) and external cache (also known as L2 or level 2 cache). Setting options: Disabled, Enabled.

HT CPU Function

With Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology, a single Hyper-Threading-enabled processor can simultaneously process two threads of code, improving the per- formance of multi-threaded code running on a single processor platform. Set- ting this function to Enabled will improve overall system performance, in-

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