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Award BIOS Setup
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Thermal Management:
It allows you to select the thermal Monitor.
The Choice: Thermal monitor1, thermal Monitor2.
Virus Warning:
Allow you to choose the virus-warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector
protection. If this function is enabled and someone attempts to write data
into this area, BIOS will show a warning message on screen and alarm
beep.
Enabled---Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a
warning message to appear when anything attempts to
access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
Disabled---No warning message will appear when anything attempts to
access the boot sector or hard disk partition table.
CPU L1& L2 Cache:
This controls the status of the processor’s internal Level One and Level Two
cache. However, it depends on CPU chipset design.
Enabled---Enable cache
Disabled---Disable cache
Quick Power On Self Test:
This category speeds up Power On Self Test (POST) after you power up the
computer. If it is set to Enable, BIOS will shorten or skip some check items
during POST.
Enabled---Enable quick POST
Disabled--- Normal POST
First / Second / Third Boot Device:
The BIOS attempts to load the operating system from the devices in the
sequence selected in these items.
The Choice: Floppy, LS/ZIP, HDD, SCSI, CDROM, LAN and Disabled.
Boot Other Device:
When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an
operating system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the first,
second, and third boot devices.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.