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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]
key.
Standard CMOS Setup Page
This page displays a table of items defining basic information of your system.
Drive A
IDE BusMaster
These items set up system date and time.
Primary IDE Master/Primary IDE Slave
Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary 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
.
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 load optimtimal settings.
S-ATA1/2
Date & Time
The item defines the characteristics of any diskette drive attached to the system.
You can connect one or two diskette drives.
This item enables or disables the DMA under DOS mode. We recommend you to
leave this item at the default value.
These items display the status of auto detection of saa devices when “Onboard
SATA-IDE” sets to “IDE”.
CMOS Setup Utility – Copyright (C) 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc.
Standard CMOS Setup
Date
Wed 07/18/2007
Time
03:08:56
Primary IDE Master
ATAPI CDROM
Primary IDE Slave
Not Detected
S-ATA1
Hard Disk
S-ATA2
Hard Disk
IDE BusMaster Enabled
Help Item
While entering setup, BIOS
auto detects the presence of
IDE devices. This displays
the status of auto detection of
IDE devices.
: Move Enter: Select +/-/: Value F10: Save Esc: Exit
F1: General Help F9: Optimized Defaults
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