User manual
AIMB-554 User Manual 44
3.4.1 CPU Features
Delay Prior to thermal
This feature controls the activation of the Thermal Monitor's automatic
mode. It allows you to determine when the Pentium 4's Thermal Monitor
should be activated in automatic mode after the system boots. For exam-
ple, with the default value of 16 Minutes, the BIOS activates the Thermal
Monitor in automatic mode 16 minutes after the system starts booting up.
The choices are 4 Min, 8 Min, 16 Min, and 32 Min.
Limit CPUID MaxVal
Set Limit CPUID MaxVa1 to 3. This should be disabled for WinXP.
Execute Disable Bit
When disabled, forces the XD feature flag to always return 0.
3.4.2 Hard Disk Boot Priority
Set hard disk boot device priority.
3.4.3 Virus Warning
Enables or disables the virus warning.
3.4.4 CPU L1, L2 & L3 Cache
Enabling this feature speeds up memory access. The commands are
“Enabled” or “Disabled.”
3.4.5 Quick Power On Self Test
This allows the system to skip certain tests to speed up the boot-up proce-
dure.
3.4.6 First/Second/Third Boot Device
The BIOS tries to load the OS from the devices in the sequence set here.
The options are: “Floppy”, “LS120”, “CDROM”, “Hard Disk”,
“ZIP100”, “USB-FDD”, “USB-ZIP”, “USBCDROM”, “LAN1”,
“LAN2” and “Disabled”.
3.4.7 Boot Other Device
Use this to boot another device. The options are “Enabled” and “Dis-
abled”.
3.4.8 Swap Floppy Drive
If the system has two floppy drives, choose “Enabled” to assign physical
drive B to logical drive A and vice-versa. The commands are “Enabled”
or “Disabled”.