MSI 865GM2-LS User Guide - Page 54

Advanced BIOS Features

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BIOS Setup Advanced BIOS Features BIOS Virus Warning The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector protection. If the function is enabled and any attempt to write data into this area is made, BIOS will display a warning message on screen and beep. Settings: Disabled and Enabled. Hyper-Threading Technology The processor uses Hyper-Threading technology to increase transaction rates and reduces end-user response times. The technology treats the two cores inside the processor as two logical processors that can execute instructions simultaneously. In this way, the system performance is highly improved. If you disable the function, the processor will use only one core to execute the instructions. Settings: Enabled, Disabled. Quick Boot Setting the item to Enabled allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since it will skip some check items Settings: Disabled, Enabled. Full Screen LOGO Show This item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen. Set- tings are: Enabled Shows a still image (logo) on the full screen at boot. Disabled Shows the POST messages at boot. 3-9

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BIOS Setup
Advanced BIOS Features
BIOS Virus Warning
The item is to set the Virus Warning feature for IDE Hard Disk boot sector
protection. If the function is enabled and any attempt to write data into this
area is made, BIOS will display a warning message on screen and beep.
Settings:
Disabled
and
Enabled
.
Hyper-Threading Technology
The processor uses Hyper-Threading technology to increase transaction
rates and reduces end-user response times.
The technology treats the two
cores inside the processor as two logical processors that can execute
instructions simultaneously.
In this way, the system performance is highly
improved.
If you disable the function, the processor will use only one core
to execute the instructions.
Settings:
Enabled, Disabled.
Quick Boot
Setting the item to
Enabled
allows the system to boot within 5 seconds since
it will skip some check items
Settings:
Disabled
,
Enabled
.
Full Screen LOGO Show
This item enables you to show the company logo on the bootup screen.
Set-
tings are:
Enabled
Shows a still image (logo) on the full screen at boot.
Disabled
Shows the POST messages at boot.