4-6 Setting System Parameters
Video Mode
Mouse
Base Memory
Extended Memory
BIOS Version
System Date/Time
Use this menu to set the current time and date. The settings
remain in memory even after you turn off the system power.
To set the date, enter the current month, day, and year in
mm/dd/yyyy format.
To set the time, enter the current hour, minute, and seconds
in hh:mm:ss, 24-hour format. For example, type
13:30:00
for 1:30 P.M.
Diskette Drive
This menu selects the type of diskette drive in your system.
Unless you are changing your hardware, you do not need to
change the diskette drive (floppy) A or B settings.
If you add an optional 5 1/4-inch diskette drive to your
system, select “Floppy B” and change the parameter to
“1.2 MB, 5.25 inch.”
IDE Devices
The hard disk drive (drive C:) is configured as “Primary
IDE Master.” This field reports the presence of an
identification string supported by up to four physical IDE
drives (two on each PCI/IDE connector). If the cursor is
placed on one of these fields and the field is selected by
pressing the
Enter
key, the IDE Device Submenu appears.
This submenu lets you set the drive parameters.