Standard CMOS Setup Option
This option displays a table of items which defines basic information
about your system.
Date and Time
The Date and Time items show the current date and time held by your computer.
If you are running a Windows OS, these items are automatically updated
whenever you make changes to the Windows Date and Time Properties utility.
Hard Disks
Defaults: Auto
These items show the characteristics of hard disk drives on the two available IDE
channels. (Note that SCSI hard disk drives do not appear here.) You can
automatically install most hard disks using the IDE HDD Auto Detect Option from
the main menu. If you find that a drive cannot be automatically detected, you can
use these items to select USER, then manually enter the characteristics of the
drive. The documentation provided with your drive provides the data you need to
fill in the values for CYLS (cylinders), HEAD (read/write heads), and so on.
The drive documentation drive may not tell you what value to use under the
MODE heading. If the drive is smaller than 528 MB, set MODE to Normal. If the
drive is larger than 528 MB and it supports Logical Block Addressing, set MODE
to LBA. Very few high-capacity drives do not support Logical Block Addressing. If
you have such a drive, you might be able to configure it by setting the MODE to
Large. If you’re not sure which MODE setting is required by your drive, set
MODE to Auto and let the setup utility try to determine the mode automatically.
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