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Base
This refers to the amount of base or conventional memory
Memory
installed on the system board.
Extended
This is the amount of memory located above 1MB in the
Memory
memory address map of the CPU.
Other
This memory size refers to the memory located in the ad-
Memory
dress space between 640K and 1024K. DOS uses this
area to load device drivers to keep base memory free for
application programs. The most appropriate use of this
area is for Shadow RAM.
BIOS Features Setup
The BIOS Features Setup allows you to configure your system for basic
operation. Some entries are defaults required by the system board,
while others, if enabled, will improve the performance of your system or
let you set some features according to your preference.
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CPU L1 Cache
CPU L2 Cache
Quick Power On Self Test
Boot Sequence
Swap Floppy Drive
Boot Up Floppy Seek
Boot Up NumLock Status
Gate A20 Option
Typematic Rate Setting
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
Typematic Delay (Msec)
Security Option
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
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This category protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard
disk drive. When this item is enabled, the Award BIOS will monitor the
boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive. If an attempt is
made to write to the boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive,
the BIOS will halt the system and the following error message will ap-
pear.
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ROM PCI/ISA BIOS
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
: Disabled
Video BIOS Shadow
: Enabled
C8000-CBFFF Shadow
: Enabled
CC000-CFFFF Shadow
: Disabled
D0000-D3FFF Shadow
: A, C, SCSI
D4000-D7FFF Shadow
: Disabled
D8000-DBFFF Shadow
: Enabled
DC000-DFFFF Shadow
: On
: Fast
: Disabled
: 6
: 250
: Setup
↑ ↓ → ←
ESC
: Quit
: Disabled
F1
: Help
PU/PD/+/-
: Non-OS2
F5
: Old Values
(Shift) F2
F6
: Load BIOS Defaults
F7
: Load Setup Defaults
: Enabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Disabled
: Select Item
: Modify
: Color
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