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Anti-Virus Protection (Disabled)
When enabled, this item provides protection against viruses that try to write to
the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive. You need to disable
this item when installing an operating system. We recommend that you enable
this item as soon as you have installed an operating system.
Note: For complete protection against viruses, install virus software in your op-
erating system and update the virus definitions regularly.
CPU L1 and L2 Cache (Enabled)
All processors that can be installed in this mainboard use internal level 1 (L1)
and external level 2 (L2) cache memory to improve performance. Leave this
item at the default value for better performance.
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking (Enabled)
This item allows you to enable or disable the CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking.
Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled)
Enable this item to shorten the power on testing (POST) and have your sys-
tem start up faster. You might like to enable this item after you are confident
that your system hardware is operating smoothly.
First/Second/Third Boot Device (Floppy/HDD-0/CDROM)
Use these three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your
system searches for an operating system at start-up time.
Boot Other Device (Enabled)
When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an operat-
ing system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the First, Second,
and Third boot devices.
Swap Floppy Drive (Disabled)
If you have two floppy diskette drives in your system, this item allows you to
swap the assigned drive letters so that drive A becomes drive B, and drive B
becomes drive A.
Boot Up Floppy Seek (Disabled)
If this item is enabled, it checks the size of the floppy disk drives at start-up
time. You don't need to enable this item unless you have a legacy diskette
drive with 360K capacity.
Boot Up NumLock Status (On)
This item defines if the keyboard Num Lock key is active when your system is
started.
Gate A20 Option (Fast)
This item defines how the system handles legacy software that was written for
an earlier generation of processors. Leave this item at the default value.
BIOS Write Protect (Disabled)
This item protects the BIOS from accidental corruption by unauthorized users
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