Bios Features Setup; Details Of Bios Features Setup - Asus Pentium Motherboard HX97 User Manual

IV. BIOS SOFTWARE

BIOS Features Setup

This "BIOS Features Setup" option consists of configuration entries that allow you
to improve your system performance, or let you set up some system features accord-
ing to your preference. Some entries here are required by the motherboard's design
to remain in their default settings.
NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading.

Details of BIOS Features Setup

Virus Warning (Disabled)
This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against acci-
dental modifications. Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and
display a warning message. If this occurs, you can either allow the operation to
continue or use a bootable virus-free floppy disk to reboot and investigate your
system. This setting is recommended because conflicts with new operating sys-
tems. Installation of new operating systems require that you disable this to prevent
write errors.
CPU Internal Cache
These fields allow you to Enable (default) or Disable the CPU's "Level 1" primary
cache. Caching allows better performance.
External Cache (Enabled)
These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enable or choose Disable to
turn on or off the CPU's Level 2 built-in cache.
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