Gigabyte 7VT600-RZ-C user manual Standard Cmos Features, FDate, FTime

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Standard CMOS Features

 

 

 

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C)

1984-2004 Award Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard CMOS Features

 

 

 

 

 

Date

(mm:dd:yy)

Fri, Jan 9 2004

 

 

 

Item Help

 

Time (hh:mm:ss)

22:31:24

 

Menu Level}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change

the day, month,

}

IDE Primary Master

[None]

 

 

year

 

 

}

IDE Primary Slave

[None]

 

 

 

 

 

}

IDE Secondary

Master

[None]

 

 

<Week>

 

}

IDE Secondary

Slave

[None]

 

 

Sun. to

Sat.

 

Drive

A

 

[1.44M,

3.5"]

 

<Month>

 

 

Drive

B

 

[None]

 

 

Jan. to

Dec.

 

Floppy 3 Mode

Suport

[Disabled]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<Day>

 

 

 

Holt

On

 

[All, But Keyboard]

 

1 to 31 (or maximum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

allowed

in the month)

 

Base

Memory

 

640K

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extended Memory

127M

 

 

<Year>

 

 

Total

Memory

 

128M

 

 

1999

to

2098

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

higf: Move

Enter: Select

+/-/PU/PD: Value

F10: Save

ESC: Exit

F1: General Help

 

F5: Previous Values

F6: Fail-Save Default

F7: Optimized

Defaults

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FDate

The date form at is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>.

8Week

The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only

8Month

The month, Jan. Through Dec.

8Day

The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the m onth)

8Year

The year, from 1999 through 2098

FTime

The tim es format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military- tim e clock. For example, 1 p.m . is 13:00:00.

FIDE Primary Master, Slave / Secondary Master, Slave

The category identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F that has been installed in the computer. There are two types: auto type, and m anual type. Manual type is user -definable; Auto type which will automatically detect HDD type.

Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category.

If you select User Type, related information will be asked to enter to the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. Such information should be provided in

the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system m anufacturer.

8Capacity:

The hard disk size. The unit is Mega Bytes.

 

8Access Mode:

The options are: Auto / Large / LBA / Normal.

 

8Cylinder:

The cylinder number of hard disk.

 

8Head

The read / Write head number of hard disk.

 

8Precomp

The cyliner number at which the disk driver changes the write current.

8Landing Zone

The cylinder number that the disk driver heads(read/write) are seated when

 

the disk drive is parked.

 

8SECTORS

The sector num ber of each track define on the hard disk.

 

If a hard disk has not been installed select NONE and press <Enter>.

 

 

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Contents 7VT600-RZ / 7VT600-RZ-C Feb Preparing Your Computer Installing the motherboard to the chassisTable of Content Chapter Introduction Features SummaryEnglish 7VT600-RZ 7VT600-RZ Series Motherboard LayoutCOM Block DiagramStep Hardware Installation ProcessSet System Jumper JP1 CPU Installation Install the Central Processing Unit CPUDDR Install Memory ModulesInstall I/O Peripherals Cables Install Expansion CardsMIC In jack ATX ATX PowerCI Case Open Line In jackATX ATXPower Connector Cpufan CPU FAN ConnectorSysfan System FAN Connector FDD Floppy Connector IDE1/ IDE2IDE1/IDE2 ConnectorBattery Battery Fpanel 2 x 10 pins ConnectorCdin CD In Connector Faudio Front Audio ConnectorSurcen Surround Center Connector Spdifio Spdif In/Out Connector Auxin AUX In ConnectorCI Chassis Intrusion, Case Open USB1 / FUSB2 Front USB ConnectorGame Game Connector Clrcmos Clear Cmos Main Menu Main Menu For example Bios Ver. F4cStatus Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu BiosLoad Fail-Safe Defaults Advanced Bios FeaturesPowerManagement Setup PnP/PCI ConfigurationFide Primary Master, Slave / Secondary Master, Slave Standard Cmos FeaturesFDate FTimeMemory FFloppy 3 Mode Support for Japan AreaFDrive a / Drive B FHalt onCdrom Advanced Bios FeaturesFFirst / Second / Third Boot device PasswordCheckIntegrated Peripherals USB Mouse Support VIA LAN Boot ROMUart Mode Select USB Keyboard SupportMidi Port Address Power Management SetupParallel Port Mode Game Port AddressAcpi Suspend Type Power LED in S1 stateKeyboard Power On Mouse Power OnResume by Alarm PnP/PCI ConfigurationsModemRingOn/WakeOnLAN When AC Back Function set to Soft-Off PCI3 IRQ Assignment PCI Health StatusPCI1/PCI5 IRQ Assignment PCI2 IRQ AssignmentFrequency/Voltage Control FPCI/AGP Frequency MHz Fcpu Host Frequency MHz By switch SW1FSpreadSpectrum Modulated Fcpu Host Clock ControlLoad Optimized Defaults Load Fail-Safe DefaultsConfigurationsEnter Password Set Supervisor/User PasswordExit Without Saving Save & Exit SetupPicture below are shown in Windows XP Install DriversItem Description English Contact US

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