ECS Motherboard

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Using BIOS
Hard Disk Boot Priority (Press Enter)
Scroll to this item and press <Enter> to view the following screen:
Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
Hard Disk Boot Priority
1. Pri. Master:
2. Pri. Slave:
3. Sec. Master:
4. Sec. Slave:
5. USBHDD0:
6. USBHDD1:
7. USBHDD2:
8. Bootable Add-in Cards
Item Help
Menu Level
ff
Use < > or < > to select
a device, then press <+> to
move it up, or <-> to move it
down the list. Press <ESC>
to exit this menu.
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: Move PU/PD/+/-/: Change Priority F10:Save ESC:Exit
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CPU L1&L2 Cache (Enabled)
All processors that can be installed in this mainboard use internal level 1 (L1) and external
level 2 (L2) cache memory to improve performance. Leave this item at the default value
for better performance.
Hyper-Threading Technology (Enabled)
This item is only available when the chipset supports Hyper-Threading and you are
using a Hyper-Threading CPU.
First/Second/Third Boot Device (Floppy/Hard Disk/CDROM)
Use these three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your system
searches for an operating system at start-up time.
Boot Other Device (Enabled)
When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an operating system if
it fails to find one in the devices specified under the First, Second, and Third boot devices.
Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled)
Enable this item to shorten the power on testing (POST) and have your system start
up faster. You might like to enable this item after you are confident that your system
hardware is operating smoothly.
TM2 Bus VID (0.8375V)
This item helps you to set the voltage of the throttled performance that will be initiated
when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot. Please note that this item will appear
automatically if it supports TM2.
Limit CPUID MaxVal (Disabled)
This item can support Prescott CPUs for old OS. Users please note that under NT 4.0,
it must be set “Enabled”, while under WinXP, it must be set “Disabled”.
Execute Disabled Bit (Disabled)
This item can protects stack and data pages from being used by viruses to execute code.