Asus P2B-D2 - Manual (Page 45)

ASUS P2B-D2 User’s Manual 45
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE
IV. BIOS
BIOS Features
BIOS Features Setup
The “BIOS Features Setup” option consists of configuration entries that al-
low you to improve your system performance, or let you set up some system
features according to your preference. Some entries are required by the
motherboard’s design to remain in their default settings.
A section at the lower right of the screen displays the control keys you can use. Take
note of these keys and their respective uses. If you need information on a particular
entry, highlight it and then press . A pop-up help menu will appear to provide
you with the information you need. loads the last set values, and
loads the BIOS default values and Setup default values, respectively.
NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading.
Details of BIOS Features Setup
CPU Internal Core Speed
This function is reserved for future use and is currently disabled.
Boot Virus Detection (Enabled)
This field allows you to set boot virus detection, ensuring a virus-free boot
sector. This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools, which offer
limited virus protection typically by write-protecting the partition table. With
this new solution, your computer is protected against boot virus threats ear-
lier in the boot cycle, that is, before they have a chance to load into your
system. This ensures your computer boots to a clean operating system. The
system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus. If this
occurs, you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus-free
bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system. Because of con-
flicts with new operating systems, for example, during installation of new soft-
ware, you may have to set this to Disabled to prevent write errors.