When you enter the CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will be displayed (Figure 3-1
)
. You can use arrow
keys to select your function, press
<
Enter
>
key to accept the selection and enter the sub-menu.
Figure 3-1. CMOS Setup Utility Main Screen
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>Standard CMOS Features
>Frequency Control
>Advanced BIOS Features
Load Fail-Safe Defaults
>Advanced Chipset Features
>Integrated Peripherals
Load Optimized Defaults
Set Supervisor Password
>Power Management Setup
Set User Password
>PnP / PCI Configurations
Save & Exit Setup
>PC Health Status
Exit Without Saving
Esc : Quit
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: Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup
Time, Date,
Hard Disk Type...
Sub-Menu
Note that a right pointer symbol appears to the left of certain fields. This pointer indicates that a sub-menu
can be launched from this field. A sub-menu contains additional options for a field parameter. To call up a
sub-menu, simple move the highlight to the field and press <Enter>. The sub-menu will then immediately
appear. Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field within a sub-menu just as you would within
a menu. Use the <Esc> key to return to the main menu.
3.2 Standard CMOS Features
With the sub-menu (Figure 3-2), you can setup the; system date, system time, hard and floppy drive type,
and display adapter type. Please refer to your equipment specification when changing the setup. Use arrow
keys to highlight items, and use <PageUp
>
,
<
PageDown>,
<
+
>
, or
<
-
>
keys to scroll through the available
options.
Figure 3-2. Standard CMOS Features Screen
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Standard CMOS Features
Date ( mm : dd : yy )
Fri, Jan 1 1999
Item Help
Time ( hh : mm: ss )
1 : 28 : 42
Menu Level >
>IDE Primary Master
Press Enter 4403 MB
>IDE Primary Slave
Press Enter None
Change the day, month,
>IDE Secondary Master
Press Enter None
Year and century
>IDE Secondary Slave
Press Enter None
Drive A
1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B
None
Floppy 3 Mode Support
Disabled
Video
EGA/VGA
Halt On
All Errors
Base Memory
640K
Extended Memory
14336K
Total Memory
15360K
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: Move Enter : Select +/-/PU/PD : Value F10 : Save ESC : Exit F1 : General Help
F5 : Previous Value F6 : Fail-Safe Defaults F7 : Optimized Defaults
3.2.1 Date
To assign the system date, the format is "mm.dd.yy". The input range for the Month is 1-12. Range for
Date is 1-31. Range for Year is 1994-2079. System BIOS will calculate the day of the week automatically.
3.2.2 Time
To assign the system time, the format is "hh:mm:ss". The setting is in military time. When entering 2:34pm enter
"14:34:00".
3.2.3 Hard Disks Setting