Biostar TP35D2-A7 Setup Manual - Page 69

Virus Warning, Hyper-Threading Technology, Quick Power On Self Test

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TP35D2-A7 First/Second/Third Boot Device The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this order. The Choices: Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP100, USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, LAN, Disabled. Boot Other Device When enabled, BIOS will try to load the operating system from other device when it failed to load from the three devices above. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Boot Up Floppy Seek When enabled, System will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40 or 80 tracks during boot up. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to boot-up. The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep. Disabled (default) Virus protection is disabled. Enabled Virus protection is activated. Hyper-Threading Technology This option allows you to enable or disabled Hyper-Threading Technology. "Enabled" for Windows XP and Linux2.4.x (OS optimized for Hyper-Threading Technology). "Disable" for other OS (OS not optimized for Hyper-Threading Tec hnolo gy). The Choices: Enabled (default), Disabled. Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test (POST) to execute after you power up the computer. Disabled Normal POST. Enabled (default) Enable quick POST. 13

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TP35D2-A7
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First/Second/Third Boot Device
The BIOS will attempt to load the operating system in this order.
The Choices:
Floppy, LS120, Hard Disk, CDROM, ZIP100, USB-FDD,
USB-ZIP, USB-CDROM, LAN, Disabled.
Boot Other Device
When enabled, BIOS will try to load the operating system from other device
when it failed to load from the three devices above.
The Choices:
Enabled
(default), Disabled.
Boot Up Floppy Seek
When enabled, System will test the floppy drives to determine if they have 40
or 80 tracks during boot up. Disabling this option reduces the time it takes to
boot-up.
The Choices: Enabled
(default), Disabled.
Virus Warning
This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to
protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt
is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the
screen and sound an alarm beep.
Disabled
(default)
Virus protection is disabled.
Enabled
Virus protection is activated.
Hyper-Threading Technology
This option allows you to enable or disabled Hyper-Threading Technology.
“Enabled” for Windows XP and Linux2.4.x (OS optimized for Hyper-Threading
Technology). “Disable” for other OS (OS not optimized for Hyper-Threading
Technology).
The Choices: Enabled
(default), Disabled.
Quick Power On Self Test
Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test
(POST) to execute after you power up the computer.
Disabled
Normal POST.
Enabled
(default)
Enable quick POST.