BS61M
series
~37~
Date and Time
The Date and Time items show the current date and time held by your
computer. If you are running a Windows operating system, these items will
automatically be updated whenever you make changes to the Windows Date
and Time Properties utility.
Hard Disks
Default: Auto
These items show the characteristics of any hard disk drives on the four
available IDE channels. (Note that SCSI hard disk drives do not appear here.)
You can automatically install most modem hard disks using the IDE HDD
Auto Detect Option from the main menu. However, if you find that a drive
cannot be automatically detected, you can use these items to select USER,
and then manually enter the characteristics of the drive. The documentation
provided with your drive provides the data you need to fill in the values for
CYLS (cylinders), HEAD (read/write heads), and so on.
The documentation provided with the drive may not tell you what value to
use under the MODE heading. If the drive is smaller than 528 NM, set
MODE to Normal. If the drive is larger dm 528 NM and it supports Logical
Block Addressing, set MODE to LBA- Very few high-capacity drives do not
support Logical Block Addressing. If you have such a drive, you might be
able to configure it by setting the MODE to Large. If you're not sure which
MODE setting is required by your drive, set MODE to Auto and let the setup
utility try to determine the mode automatically.
Drive A and Drive B
D
efault: 1.44M, 3.5 in., None
These items define the characteristics of any diskette drive attached to the
system. You can connect one or two diskette drives.
Floppy 3 Mode Support
D
efault: Disabled
Floppy 3 mode refers to a 3.5" diskette with a capacity of 1.2MB. Floppy 3
mode is sometimes used in Japan.
Video
D
efault: Disabled
This item defines the video mode of the system. This motherboard has a
built-in VGA graphics system so you must leave this
item
at the default
value.
Halt On
D
efault: All. But Keyboard
This item defines the operation of the system POST (Power On Self Test)