IBM MICRO TOWER 2169 User Manual

Page 49

Video

Default: EGA/VGA

This item defines the video mode of the system. This System
Board has a built-in VGA graphics system so you must leave
this item at the default value.

Halt On

Default: All But
Keyboard

This item defines the operation of the system POST (Power On
Self Test) routine. You can use this item to select which kind of
errors in the POST are sufficient to halt the system.

Base Memory, Extended Memory, Total Memory

These items are automatically detected by the system at start
up time.

Advanced BIOS Features Setup Option

This option displays a table of items which defines more
advanced information about your system. You can make
modifications to most of these items without introducing fatal
errors to your system. Note that the page has a scroll-bar to
scroll down to more items.

Anti-Virus Protection

Default: Disabled

When this item is enabled it provides some protection against
viruses which try to write to the boot sector and partition table of
your hard disk drive. This item is Disabled as a default. You
need to disable it so that you can install an operating system.
We recommend that you enable Anti-Virus Protection as soon
as you have installed your disk with an OS.

CPU Internal Cache

Default: Enabled

All the processors that can be installed in this System Board
use internal (level 1) cache memory to improve performance.
Leave this item at the default value Enabled for better
performance.

External Cache

Default: Enabled

The processors that can be installed in this system use an
integrated L2 cache memory to improve performance.

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking

Default: Enabled

This item enables or disables ECC (Error Correction Code)
error checking on the CPU cache memory. We recommend that
you leave this item at the default value.

Quick Power On Self Test

Default: Enabled

You can enable this item to shorten the power on testing and
have your system start up a little faster. You might like to enable
this item after you are confident that your system hardware is
operating smoothly.