The graphic interface and the settings of your pc could be different from the ones taken back here. For this reason you refer to the manual of your mother card for greater information and specific settings.

Virus warning [Enabled/Disabled]

When this setting is activated, no one plans or Setup of installation of operating systems will have access in writing to the content of the MBR (Boot record master) of the rigid disc. It is useful to avoid the virus inoculazione in this sector of the disc. This voice must be deactivated for the installation of the operating system and especially if it wishes himself install several operating systems to be started with boot of multiple choice. The MBR he contains the information about the position of the operating system on the rigid disc, this way during the start the Bios goes to read this sector of the disc passing so the control to the operating system.

CPU Level 1 Cache [Enabled/Disabled]

This setting is used to activate or deactivate the cache of first level (L1) of the processor. This last one is a very little memory, of the order of the about tens of kb, being operated on the same frequency as the processor, and he supplies high-speed the processor itself of data and crops of programs. This little memory constitutes the set of the registers of the processor, that is the elements of support on which the processor works. Deactivating this option could compromise the loading of the operating system and make the pc extremely slow.

CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled/Disabled]

This setting allows to activate or deactivate the cache of second level (L2) of the processor. Like the cache of first level, this last one serves to supply in very fast way the processor and is also used as temporary deposit for the used more than frequent, so as not to have continuously to access the system RAM slowest memory data and the programs. Deactivating this setting, one will have a prestazionale remarkable decay in the applicatory ones most demanding. It can be deactivated for working problems with MS-DOS old programs.

CPU L2 cache ECC Check [Enabled/Disabled]

He checks the validity of the data on the memory of L2 second level. The ECC (Correcting tails mistake) produces additional signals of control which can at all reduce the speed of access to the data but they assure the validity.

Quick POST (Power On Self Test) [Enabled/Disabled]

It sets up the swiftness and the amount of controls which are executed to the ignition of the pc. Deactivate if he intends to check possible anomalies in the hardware.

First Boot Device [A/C/CDROM/D/SCSI oppure FLOPPY/HDD0/HDD1/CDROM/SCSI/ATARAID]

After the phase of post, the BIOS passes the control to the operating system, which can reside on disc various units. For instance, to start Windows setting up the unit C or HDD-0 or any controller or disc which lodges the logical unity on which resides will be necessary the MBR and the operating system. To start the pc from a setable Floppy Disk, set up or floppy disk. To start the Windows installation directly from cd, set up d or CD-ROM. If the reader cd is connected to a SCSI controller which allows the boot, set up SCSI and possibly set up the SCSI controller.

Second Boot Device [A/C/CDROM/D/SCSI oppure FLOPPY/HDD0/HDD1/CDROM/SCSI/ATARAID]

Imposed what disc unit must have come the control if the peripheral set up in the First Boot Device does not contain a setable filesystem.

Third Boot Device [A/C/CDROM/D/SCSI oppure FLOPPY/HDD0/HDD1/CDROM/SCSI/ATARAID]

Imposed what disc unit must have come the control if the peripherals set up in the First Boot Device and the Second Boot Device do not contain a setable filesystem.

Boot Other Device [Enabled/Disabled]

When this option is activated, the BIOS tries to start all the peripherals or available units if the boot did not have success in the three peripherals set up.

Swap Floppy Drive [Enabled/Disabled]

If inside the pc two anzichè one floppy disk units are connected, exchanges between them the unity letters to and b. Profit not to open the houses and reverse the position of the units along the cable.

Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled/Disabled]

If this option is activated, to the start of the pc the presence of the drive floppy disk is looked. He was serving in origin for the inizializzazione of the old units. It is possible to keep deactivated to save time during the start.

Boot Up NumLock Status [On/Off]

This option, activated sae, sets up the numerical tastierino in number mode. If deactivated, him imposed in slider mode. In the majority of the cases the first option is more comfortable.

Typematic Rate Setting [Enabled/Disabled]

This setting checks the lampeggiamento of the slider for the MS-DOS mode. The user can set up to piacimento the delay and the speed.

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) [6/8/10/12/15/20/24/30]

This setting regulates the number of repetition of the character when a key is kept pressed. The number of characters is set up by second which must be printed on the screen.

Typematic Delay (msec) [250/500/750/1000]

This setting regulates the time of repetition of the character, expressed in milliseconds, owed to the continuos pressure of a key.

Security Option [System/Setup]

With this setting the access to the Setup Of The BIOS can get narrower with a password or it is possible to reduce the start of the computer. In the first case one will have to set up Setup, in the second System.

ATTENTION: if you forget the password, opening will be necessary the houses and resettare the content of the CMOS circuits, which memorize the settings of the BIOS.

The password he sets up in another menu, himself only the purpose controls here: restriction of access to all the system, System or only to the setup of the BIOS, Setup.

OS Select For DRAM > 64MB [OS2/Non-OS2]

This option can be set up on 'OS2' if please it use an OS2 operating system and the system RAM memory is greater than 64 mbs. In all the other cases, as Windows, Unix, Linux, etc.. set up 'Non-OS2'.

Video BIOS Shadow [Enabled/Disabled]

This option, if activated, the content of the BIOS display copies in a zone of the RAM fastest memory. Therefore one will have a greater access to this small portion of data. The modern graphic cards do not need this option and they of the problems could present in a few cases. Deactivating this option on an AGP graphic card can help building have a pc.

Shadowing address range [Disabled/C8000-CBFFF/CC000-CFFFF/D0000-D3FFF/D4000-D7FFF/D8000-DBFFF/DC000-DFFFF]

This option is used in particular situations and it must generally be deactivated. It allows to reserve a RAM, expressed through a hexadecimal address, in which copy the present content of one ROM BIOS on a slow card of interface which is generally a lot of piu of the system RAM memory memory portion. Deactivate the option to prevent conflicts. Activate only on indication specification of the manual of the interface card.

Delay For IDE Initial (sec) [0-15]

This setting allows of intrudurre some second late the start to allow the recognition of a few rigid discs of old conception. Introducing the delay is normally not necessary.

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