User`s manual

BIOS Setup

CPU L3 Cache

This field is used to enable or disable the CPU’s L3 cache.

Quick Power On Self Test

This field speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power on

the system. When Enabled, the BIOS will shorten or skip some check

items during POST.

First Boot Device, Second Boot Device, Third Boot Device and Boot

Other Device

Select the drive to boot first, second and third in the “First Boot

Device” “Second Boot Device” and “Third Boot Device” fields re-

spectively. The BIOS will boot the operating system according to the

sequence of the drive selected. Set “Boot Other Device” to Enabled

if you wish to boot from another device.

Boot Up Floppy Seek

When enabled, the BIOS will check whether the floppy disk drive in-

stalled is 40 or 80 tracks. Note that the BIOS cannot distinguish be-

tween 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M drive types as they are all 80

tracks. When disabled, the BIOS will not search for the type of floppy

disk drive by track number. Note that there will not be any warning

message if the drive installed is 360KB.

Boot Up NumLock Status

This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric

keypad. By default, the system boots up with NumLock on wherein

the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys. When set to

Off, the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys.

Gate A20 Option

This entry allows you to select how gate A20 is handled. Gate A20

is a device used to address memory above 1 Mbyte. Initially, gate A20

was handled via the keyboard controller. Today, while keyboards still

provide this support, it is more common, and much faster, for the sys-

tem chipset to provide support for gate A20.