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Security Option
If you have set a password, select whether the password is
required every time the System boots, or only when you enter
Setup.
The choices: Setup, System.
OS Select For DRAM>64MB
Select the operating system that is running with greater than
64MB or RAM on the system.
The choices: Non-OS2, OS2.
Report No FDD For WIN 95
Select "Yes" to release IRQ6 when the system contains no floppy
drive, for compatibility with Windows 95 logo certification. In the
Integrated Peripherals screen, select Disabled for the Onboard FDD
Controller field.
The choices: Yes, No.
Shadow
Software that resides in a read only memory (ROM) chip on a
device is called firmware. The Award BIOS permits shadowing
of firmware such as the system BIOS, video BIOS, and similar
operating instructions that come with some expansion peripherals
such as a SCSI adaptor.
Shadowing copies firmware from ROM into system RAM, where
the CPU can read it through the 16-bit or 32-bit DRAM bus.
Firmware not shadowed must be read by the system through the
8-bit X-bus. Shadowing impoves the performance of the system
BIOS and similar ROM firmware for expansion peripherals. but
it also reduces the amount of high memory (640 KB to 1 MB)
available for loading device drivers, etc.
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