Advanced Bios Features Setup Menu - Abit KD7-B User Manual

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3-3. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Menu

Figure 3-5. Advanced BIOS Features Setup Screen
Virus Warning:
When this feature is enabled, if there is any attempt from a software or an application to access the boot
sector or the partition table, the BIOS will warn you that a boot virus is attempting to access the hard disk.
Quick Power On Self Test:
After the computer has been powered on, the BIOS of the motherboard will run a series of tests in order
to check the system and its peripherals. If the Quick Power on Self-Test feature is enabled, the BIOS will
simplify the test procedures in order to speed up the boot process. The default setting is Enabled.
First Boot Device:
When the computer boots up, the BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the
sequence selected in these items: floppy disk drive A, LS/ZIP devices, hard drive C, SCSI hard disk drive
or CD-ROM. The default setting is Floppy.
Second Boot Device:
Description is the same as the First Boot Device, the default setting is HDD-0.
Third Boot Device:
Description is the same as the First Boot Device, the default setting is CDROM.
Boot Other Device:
Two options are available: Disabled or Enabled. The default setting is Enabled. This setting allows the
BIOS to try to boot devices other than the three, which are listed in the above First, Second, and Third
Boot Devices. If you set to Disabled, the BIOS will boot from only the three kinds of boot devices that
are set above.
Swap Floppy Drive:
This item can be set as Enabled or Disabled. The default setting is Disabled. When this feature is enabled,
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