Is it really urgent to thoroughly examine one’s memory and floppy drive every single time one switches on  the computer. Unless one surfaces a problem with either one, there is no reason to overhaul them with BIOS diagnostics continuously. In the following part of the BIOS in the case of the reduction of the system start up time by enabling or disabling certain features to make the proper optimization o f the start up process.

A short description on the following settings can be done to make the clear cut picture of the BIOS process. there are some salient features which can magnify the BIOS systems. The firs feature is boot virus detection. Sometimes it is situated under the standard or main portion of the some BIOS. It is the fact that boot sector virus is not now the major problem as it was earlier. This feature will guard data from an infected CD-ROM. In the case of quick power on self test this will jump the repetitive memory count that happens when someone switches on one’s computer. There is the availability of CPU level 1 cache and CPU level 2 cache. Both are enabled. In the case of first second and third boot service, one should keep one’s boot in order and disable any boot device there which one doesn’t desire to start booting from.

There is another setting Gate A 20 option. It is provided by Windows XP. The old versions of Windows and OS/2 do better with this parameter set to FAST. The only way to utilize this Gate A20 option is DOS. There are other settings such as type rate setting, APIC mode. OS/2 onboard memory , full screen LOGO show. POST Complete Report, Speech POST Reporter.  In the case of the full screen LOGO show, the memory count and power on self test are embedded behind a graphic logo. For instance, when someone opts for gateway computer one can seen GATEWAY in capital letters on the screen.