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Advanced CMOS Setup Option
This option displays a table of items that define advanced infor-
mation about your system. You can make modifications to most
of these items without introducing fatal errors to your system.
Use the arrow keys to scroll down to the items past “Boot to
OS/2.”
CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1984 – 2000 Award Software
Advanced BIOS Features
Item Help
Anti-Virus Protection Disabled
Y2K Monitor Disabled
CPU Internal Cache Enabled
External Cache Enabled
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled
Processor Number Feature Enabled
Quick Power On Self Test Enabled
First Boot Device Floppy
Second Boot Device HDD-0
Third Boot Device LS120
Boot Other Device Enabled
Swap Floppy Drive Disabled
Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled
Boot Up NumLock Status On
Gate A20 Option Normal
Typematic Rate Setting Disabled
x Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) 6
x Typematic Delay (Msec) 250
Menu Level
Allows 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
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: Move Enter : Select +/-/PU/PD:Value: F10: Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-Safe Defaults F7:Optimized Defaults
Anti-Virus Protection Default: Disabled
When this item is enabled, it provides some protection against viruses
that try to write to the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk
drive. This item is Disabled by default. You need to disable it so that
you can install an operating system. We recommend that you enable vi-
rus warning protection as soon as you have installed your disk with an
OS.
Y2K Monitor Default: Disabled
If you enable this item, the system will monitor for errors generated by
the year 2000 bug.