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Halt On
When the system is powered on, BIOS performs a series of diagnostic tests called POST
(Power On Self Test). This function stops the computer if BIOS detects a hardware error.
You can tell BIOS to halt on all errors, no errors, or not to halt on specific errors.
3-2 Advanced BIOS Features
By choosing the Advanced BIOS Features option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu
(Figure 3-1), the screen below is displayed. This sample screen contains the
manufacturer's default values for the motherboard.
Virus Warning
When you set it as enabled, you receive a warning message if a program (specifically, a
virus) attempts to write to the boot sector or the partition table of the hard disk drive.
Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table can trigger the
virus-warning message. If you plan to run such a program, we recommend that
you first disable the virus warning.
CPU Internal Cache / External Cache
Cache memory is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory. These fields
allow you to enable or disable the CPUs Level 1 built-in cache and Level 2 external
cache. Both settings are left as Enabled to significantly increase the performance of your
computer.
Figure 3-3
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