User`s manual

Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup
Prox-1750G1/G2 USER ′ S MANUAL
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A brief introduction of each setting in the BIOS FEATURES SETUP
program is given below.
VIRUS WARNING :
This item allows you to choose the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk
boot sector protection. When this function is enabled, the BIOS will
supervise the boot sector and partition table of the hard disk drive for any
attempt for modification.
CPU INTERNAL CACHE/EXTERNAL CACHE :
These two categories speed up memory access. However, it depends on
CPU/chipset design.
CPU L2 CACHE ECC CHECKING :
This item allows you to enable or disable CPU L2 Cache ECC checking.
PROCESSOR NUMBER FEATURE :
This option is for Pentium III processor only. During Enabled, this will check
the CPU Serial number. Disabled this option if you don’t want the system to
know the Serial number.
QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST:
This item allows you to speed up Power On Self Test (POST) after power-up
the computer. When enabled, the BIOS will shorten or skip some check items
during POST.
FIRST/SECOND/THIRD/OTHER BOOT DEVICE:
The BIOS load the operating system in a sequence selected by these items.
SWAP FLOOPY DRIVE:
This field is effective only in systems with two floppy drives. Selecting
Enabled assigns physical drive B to logical drive A, and physical drive A to
logical drive B.
BOOT UP FLOPPY SEEK:
You may enable / disable this item to define whether the system will look for
a floppy disk drive to boot at power-on, or proceed directly to the hard disk
drive.