Specifications

BIOS EP-3VCA
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boot sector or partition table of the hard disk drive will halt the system and an
error message will appear.
You should then run an anti-virus program to locate the virus. Keep in mind that
this feature protects only the boot sector, not the entire hard drive.
The default value is Disabled.
Enabled: Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning
message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector.
Disabled: No warning message will appear when anything attempts to access the
boot sector.
Note: Many disk diagnostic programs that access the boot sector table
can trigger the virus warning message. If you plan to run such a
program, we recommend that you first disable the virus warning.
CPU Internal Cache: This controls the status of the processors internal cache
area. The default is Enabled.
Enabled: This activates the processors internal cache thereby increasing
performance.
Disabled: This deactivates the processors internal cache thereby lowering
performance.
External (L2) Cache: This controls the status of the external (L2) cache area.
The default is Enabled.
Enabled: This activates the motherboards L2 cache thereby increasing
performance.
Disabled: This deactivates the motherboards L2 cache thereby lowering
performance.
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking: This control if the CPUs L2 Cache will
support Error Checking and Correcting (ECC). The default is Disabled.
Enabled: Enables ECC support for the CPUs L2 cache. Performance will
decrease 2% ~ 4%.
Disabled: Disables ECC support for the CPUs L2 cache.
Processor Number Feature: Pentium III or later CPU new feature. The default
is Enabled.
Enabled: Processor serial number readable.
Disabled: Processor serial number disabled.