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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Utility
Some options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values
that you can use cursor arrow keys to highlight one item, and press
PgUp
and
PgDn
keys to cycle through alternative values of that item. The other options on
the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring your answer OK or Cancel by
selecting the
[OK]
or
[Cancel]
key.
Standard CMOS Setup Page
This page displays a table of items defining basic information of your system.
Drive A
IDE BusMaster
These items set up system date and time.
Primary/Secondary/Third IDE Master/ Slave
Use these items to configure devices connected to the IDE channels. To configure
an IDE hard disk drive, choose
Auto
. If the
Auto
setting fails to find a hard disk
drive, set it to
User
, and then fill in the hard disk characteristics (Size, Cyls, etc.)
manually. If you have a CD-ROM drive, select the setting
CDROM
. If you have
an ATAPI device with removable media (e.g. a ZIP drive or an LS-120), select
Floptical
.
If you have already changed the setup utility, press
F10
to save those changes
and exit the utility. Press
F1
to display a screen describing all key functions.
Press
F9
to load optimtimal settings.
Date & Time
The item defines the characteristics of any diskette drive attached to the system.
You can connect one or two diskette drives.
This item enables or disables the DMA under DOS mode. We recommend you to
leave this item at the default value.
CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc.
Standard CMOS Setup
Date
Tue 02/19/2008
Time
01:46:51
Primary IDE Master
Not Detected
Primary IDE Slave
Hard Disk
Secondary IDE Master
Not Detected
Secondary IDE Slave
Not Detected
Third IDE Master
ATAPI CDROM
Third IDE Slave Not Detected
Help Item
Use [ENTER], [TAB] or
[SHIFT-TAB] to select a
field.
Use [+] or [-] to configure
system Date.
: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit
F1: General Help F9: Load Default Settings
Drive A :
1.44 MB 3
1
/
2
IDE BusMaster Enabled