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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]
.
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 install the setup utility with a set of default values.
Standard CMOS Setup Page
This page displays a table of items defining basic information about your
system.
System Time & System Date
These items set up system date and time.
Primary IDE Master/Primary IDE Slave/Secondary IDE Master/Secondary
IDE Slave
Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary/Secondary 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
.
Floppy A/B
These items set up size and capacity of the floppy diskette drive(s) installed in
the system.
CMOS SETUP UTILITY – Copyright (C) 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.
Standard CMOS Setup
: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit
F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults
System Time
00:004:12
System Date
Mon 04/05/2004
Primary IDE Master
Not Detected
Primary IDE Slave
Not Detected
Secondary IDE Master
Not Detected
Secondary IDE Slave
Not Detected
Floppy A
1.44 MB 3 1/2
Floppy B
Disabled
Help Item
User [Enter], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to
select a field.
Use [+] or [-] to configure system
time.
