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Figure 3.1: Award BIOS Setup initial screen
3.3 Standard CMOS Setup

3.3.1 Date

The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>.

3.3.2 Time

The time format is <hour> <minute> <second>, based on the 24-hour
clock.

3.3.3 IDE channel 0/1 Master/Slave

•IDE HDD Auto-Detection: Press “Enter” to select this option for
automatic device detection.
•IDE Device Setup:
Auto: Automatically detects IDE devices during POST
None: Select this when no IDE device is used. The system will skip the
auto-detection step to make system start up faster.
Manual: User can manually input the correct settings.
•Access Mode: The options are CHS/LBA/Large/Auto
•Capacity: Capacity of currently installed hard disk.
•Cylinder: Number of cylinders
•Head: Number of heads
•Precomp: Write precomp