PSB Speakers PSB-1688LF M1 Virus Warning, CPU Internal Cache External Cache, Swap Floopy Drive

Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup

VIRUS WARNING :

This item allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempt to write data into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm beep.

CPU INTERNAL CACHE:

EXTERNAL CACHE:

These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset design.

CPU L2 CACHE ECC CHECKING:

When you select Enabled, memory checking is enable when the external Cache contains ECC SRAMs.

PROCESSOR NUMBER FEATURE:

This option is for Pentium® III processor only. During Enabled, this will check the CPU Serial number. Disabled this option if you don’t want the system to know the Serial number.

QUICK POWER ON SELF-TEST:

This item allows you to speed up Power On Self Test (POST) after power-up the computer. When enabled, the BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during POST.

FIRST/SECOND/THIRD/OTHER BOOT DEVICE:

The BIOS attempt to load the operating system from the devices in the sequence selected in these items.

SWAP FLOOPY DRIVE:

This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives. Selecting Enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A, and physical drive A to logical drive B.

BOOT UP FLOPPY SEEK:

You may enable / disable this item to define whether the system will look for a floppy disk drive to boot at power-on, or proceed directly to the hard disk drive.

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