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Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up causing the following warning
message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or hard disk partition table:
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Disabled: No warning message will appear when an attempt is made to access the boot sector or
hard disk partition table.
Note: This function is available only for DOS and other operating systems that do not trap INT13. For
complete protection against viruses, install virus software in your operating system and update the
virus definitions regularly.
Man y disk diagn ostic programs th at acc ess th e boo t sect or tab le can trig ger th e viru s warn ing
message. If you plan to run such a program, we recommend that you disable the virus warning.
CPU L1 & L2 Cache
Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM (system memory). This
BIOS feature is used to enable or disable the processor's Level 1 and Level 2 cache. Naturally, the default
and recommended setting is Enabled.
Hyper Threading Technology
The Intel Hyper Threading Technology allows a single processor to execute two or more separate threads
concurrently. W hen hy per threading is enabled, mult i-threaded software applications can exec ute their
threads in parallel, thereby improving the processor’s performance.
Quick Pow er-On Self-Test
Select Enabled to reduce the amount of time required to run the Power-On Self-Test (POST). A quick POST
skips certain steps. We recommend that you normally enable quick POST.
First/Second/Third Boot Device
BIOS attempts t o load the operat ing sy stem from the devices in the sequence selected. The available
choices are: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, LAN, and
Disabled.
!WARNING!
Disk boot sector is to be modified
Type “Y” to accept write or “N” to abort write
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