Use the standard CMOS Setup screen to check or modify general
configuration information such as the date, time, floppy type, hard disk
type, video type, etc.
·
Date
(Month/Date/Year): On the bottom right corner of the screen, a
calendar has been provided for user. You manually set the electronic
calendar only if the values are incorrect.
·
Time
(Hour/Minute/Second): The time here is 24-hour time. You
would enter 5:30 P.M. as 17:30:00.
·
Hard Disk C:/D: Type
: The BIOS provides 46 predefined types of
popular hard disk drives. Relevant specifications include the number
of cylinders and heads, write pre-compensation time, read/write head
landing zone, number of sectors per track. A hard disk will not work
properly if your enter incorrect drive parameters.
If your particular drive is not one of the 46 pre-defined types, simply
scroll down to select type 47 and enter the appropriate values for
cylinders
,
heads
,
WPcom
,
LZone
, and
sectors
.
Size
is
automatically determined by the other entries. You can also let the
BIOS to determine the drive type by selecting "
AUTO DETECT
HARD DISK
" from the Main Menu.
·
Floppy Drive A: Type
(360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB, or
Not Installed): Specify the type of the first floppy drive installed on
the system. 'Not Installed' could be used as an option for diskless
workstations.
·
Floppy Drive B:
Type
: Specify the type of the second floppy drive
installed on the system.
·
Primary Display Monitor
(Color 40x25, Color 80x25,
VGA/PGA/EGA, Monochrome): The 'Not Installed' option could be
used for network file servers.
·
Keyboard
(Installed / Not Installed): Default is "Installed". "Not
Installed" allows your system to operate without keyboard.
After all selections have been done, press <
Esc
> key to exit this section.
ADVANCED CMOS SETUP
"ADVANCED CMOS SETUP" lists some system features that allows you
to fine tune your system setup.
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