MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP
User’s Manual
User’s Manual
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Standard CMOS Setup
This first menu is where the most basic hardware options are set. Information regarding the
system clock, IDE hard disks and floppy drives is stored and configured in this section. To
enter the Standard CMOS Setup, press the [ENTER] key with this menu highlighted.
Date (mm:dd:yy) : Fri, Apr 7 1996
Time (hh:mm:ss) : 00:00:00
HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Primary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto
Primary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto
Secondary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto
Secondary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto
Drive A : 1.44M , 3.5in.
Drive B : None
Floppy 3 Mode Support: Disabled
Base Memory
: 640K
Extended Memory
: 15360K
Video : EGA / VGA
Other Memory
: 384K
Halt On : All Errors
Total Memory
: 16384K
ESC : Quit
↑
↓
→
←
: Select Item PU / PD / + / - : Modify
F1 : Help (Shift) F2 : Change Color
Upon entering the Standard CMOS Setup screen, you will see a screen like that above.
First, let’s set the system
Date
. Use the arrow keys to move to and highlight the “Date”
option. Select the Month by using the PgDn and PgUp keys. This is how most settings will
be configured. Then, move to the day, year and time via the arrow keys to finish setting the
system date and time.
Keep in mind that the system time is set in 24-hour time. With this method, 1PM is
represented as 13:00, 2PM as 14:00 and so on, with 00:00 corresponding to Midnight.
Pri Master, Pri Slave, Sec Master, Sec Slave -
These four options relate to the (4) IDE
hard drives, CD-ROMs or other ATAPI devices that can be controlled via the on-board IDE
controller (review
IDE Hard Drives and CD-ROMs
on page 18). The “Pri Master” setting
specifies the first device on the primary IDE channel, “Pri Slave” - the second. Sec Master
and Sec Slave specify the devices on the secondary channel.
The first option available is the most important:
Type
. This is where you will specify the
type of device and how it is represented in the BIOS Setup. If the device is a hard disk or
CD-ROM, generally the
Auto
option is the best choice for fast and easy setup of the hard
