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Enabled:
Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a
warning message to appear when anything attempts to access
the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
Disabled:
No warning message to appear when anything attempts to
access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
CPU Internal Cache / External Cache: These two categories speed up
memory access. However, it depends on CPU/chipset design. The default
value is Enable. If your CPU without Internal Cache then this item "CPU
Internal Cache" will not be show.
Enabled:
Enable this category speeds up Power On Self Test.
(POST) after you power on the computer.
Disabled: Disable cache
Quick Power On Self Test: If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip
some check items during POST.
Enabled:
Enable quick POST
Disabled: Normal POST
Boot Sequence:
first for the DOS (Disk Operating System). Default value is A,C,SCSI.
System will first search for floppy disk drive, then hard disk drive and then
SCSI device. The options are: C, A, SCSI; C, CDROM, A; CDROM, C, A; D,
A, SCSI; E, A, SCSI; F, A, SCSI; SCSI, A, C; SCSI, C, A; C only; LS/ZIP, C.
Swap Floppy Drive: The swap floppy drive. Default value is Disabled.
Enabled:
Floppy A & B will be swapped under the DOS
Disabled:
Floppy A & B will be not swap
Boot Up Floppy Seek: During POST, BIOS will determine if the floppy disk
drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks while 760K, 1.2M and
1.44M are all 80 tracks. The default value is Enabled.
Enabled:
BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine if it is 40 or 80
tracks.
Note that BIOS can not tell from 720K, 1.2M or 1.44M drive type
as they are all 80 tracks.
Disabled:
BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track
number.
Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive
installed is 360K.
This category determines which drive computer searches
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