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Table 4.1.1. Standard CMOS Setup
Feature
Options
Description
Date
MM/DD/YYYY
Set the system date.
Time
HH/MM/SS
Set the system time.
Primary Master TYPE
Primary Slave TYPE
Secondary Master TYPE
Secondary Slave TYPE
Auto
User
None
1 - 45
‘Auto’ autotypes the drive at each boot.
‘User’ prompts the user to fill in
remaining fields. ‘None’ indicates no
drive is attached. ‘1 - 45’ fills in all
remaining fields with values for
predefined disk types.
SIZE
N/A
Indicates the Size of the Hard Drive
CYLS
∗
1 - 16,384
Number of Cylinders
HEAD
∗
1 - 16
Number of read/write Heads
PRECOMP
∗°
N/A
Obsolete
LANDZ
∗°
N/A
Obsolete
SECTOR
∗
1 - 63
Number of sectors per track
MODE
AUTO
NORMAL
LBA
LARGE
‘AUTO’ will automatically select which
mode to use. ‘NORMAL’ can be used
for drive smaller than 514MB. ‘LBA’
and ‘LARGE’ can be used for drives
larger than 514MB.
Disk A:
Disk B:
360KB, 5 ¼"
1.2MB, 5 ¼"
720KB, 3 ½"
1.44M, 3 ½"
2.88MB, 3 ½"
None
Select the type of floppy-disk drive
installed in your system.
Video
Mono
EGA/VGA
CGA 40
CGA 80
Select the default video device
Halt On
No Errors
All, But Keyboard
All, But Diskette
All, But Disk/Key
All Errors
System displays the error found and
‘Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter
Setup’, unless disabled.
Base Memory
N/A
Displays amount of conventional
memory detected during bootup
Extended Memory
N/A
Displays the amount of extended
memory detected during bootup
Other Memory
N/A
Displays the amount of other memory
detected during bootup
Total Memory
N/A
Displays the total amount of memory
detected during bootup
°
IDE drives do not require setting Landing Zone and Write Precomp.
∗
These settings can only be changed when the Hard Disk Type is set to ‘USER’.
WARNING:
Incorrect settings can cause your system to malfunction.
