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Time
To set the time, highlight the Time field and then press the page up/page down or +/- keys to set the
current time. Follow the hour, minute and second format. Valid values for hour, minute and second are:
Hour: 00 to 23
Minute: 00 to 59
Second: 00 to 59
You can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For information on how to
create this file, please refer to an MS-DOS manual.
Hard Disk Drives
This field records the specifications for all non-SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system. The onboard PCI
IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other
IDE devices. Each channel can support up to two hard disks; the first of which is the master and the
second is the slave.
Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since they operate using device drivers and
are not supported by any the BIOS. If you install other vendors SCSI controller card, please refer to their
respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers.
To enter specifications for a hard disk drive, you must select first a type. You can select User and specify
the specifications yourself manually, or you can select from the provided predefined drive specifications. To
select, simply press the <Page Up> or <Page Down> key to change the option listed after the drive letter.
For IDE hard disk drive setup, you can:
Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup.
Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications. ·
Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the User option.
The entries for specifying the hard disk type include
CYLS
(number of cylinders),
HEAD
(number of read/write
heads),
PRECOMP
(write precompensation),
LANDZ
(landing zone),
SECTOR
(number of sectors) and
MODE
.
The
SIZE
field automatically adjusts according to the configuration you specify, The documentation that
comes with your hard disk should provide you with the information regarding the drive specifications.
The
MODE
entry is for IDE hard disks only, and can be ignored for MFM and ESDI drives. This entry provides
three options:
Normal, Large, LBA
, or
Auto
(see below). Set
MODE
to the
Normal
for IDE hard disk drives
smaller than 528MB; set it to
LBA
for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing (LBA) to allow
larger IDE hard disks; set it to
Large
for drives over 528MB that do not support LBA.
Large
type of drive can
only be used with MS-DOS and is very uncommon. Most IDE drives over 528MB support the
LBA
mode.
AWARD BIOS SETUP
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