Award MI800 User Manual

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BIOS SETUPMI800 User’s Manual 29Advanced BIOS FeaturesThis section allows you to configure and improve your system andallows you to set up some system features according to your preference.Phoenix - AwardBIOS CMOS Setup UtilityAdvanced BIOS FeaturesCPU Feature Press Enter ITEM HELPHard Disk Boot Priority Press EnterVirus Warning Disabled Menu Level >CPU L1 and L2 Cache EnabledCPU L3 Cache EnabledHyper-Threading Technology EnabledQuick Power On Self Test EnabledFirst Boot Device Hard DiskSecond Boot Device CDROMThird Boot Device USB-FDDBoot Other Device EnabledSwap Floppy Drive DisabledBoot Up Floppy Seek DisabledBoot Up NumLock Status OnGate A20 Option FastTypematic Rate Setting DisabledTypematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6Typematic Delay (Msec) 250Security Option SetupAPIC Mode EnabledMPS Version Control for OS 1.4OS Select For DRAM>64MB Non-OS2Report No FDD For WIN 95 NoSmall Logo (EPA) Show DisabledCPU FeaturePress Enter to configure the settings relevant to CPU Feature.Hard Disk Boot PriorityWith the field, there is the option to choose, aside from the hard disks connected,“Bootable add-in Cards” which refers to other external devices.Virus WarningIf this option is enabled, an alarm message will be displayed when trying to writeon the boot sector or on the partition table on the disk, which is typical of thevirus.CPU L1 / L2 / L3 CacheCache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventionalDRAM (system memory). CPUs from 486-type on up contain internal cachememory, and most, but not all, modern PCs have additional (external) cachememory. When the CPU requests data, the system transfers the requested datafrom the main DRAM into cache memory, for even faster access by the CPU.These items allow you to enable (speed up memory access) or disable the cachefunction. By default, these items are Enabled.