IV. BIOS SOFTWARE

Details of Standard CMOS Setup:

Date

To set the date, highlight the “Date” field and then press either <Page Up>, <Page Down>, plus or minus signs (on the numeric keypad) to set the current date. Follow the month, day and year format. Valid values are Month: (1 to 12), Day: (1 to 31), Year: (up to 2099).

Time

To set the time, highlight the “Time” field and then press either <Page Up>, <Page Down>, plus or minus signs (on the numeric keypad) to set the current time. Follow the hour, minute and second format. Valid values are Hour: (00 to 23), Minute: (00 to 59),

Second: (00 to 59).

NOTE: You can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For information on how to create this file, please refer to the MS-DOS manual.

Hard Disk Drives

This field records the specifications for all non-SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system. The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices. Each channel can support up to two hard disks; the first of which is the “master” and the second is the “slave”.

Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here because they operate using device drivers and are not supported by any BIOS. If you install the optional PCI-SC200 SCSI controller card into the motherboard (see section VI for instruc- tions). If you install other vendor’s SCSI controller card, refer to the documentation that came with the card on how to install the required SCSI drivers.

For IDE hard disk drive setup, you can:

•Use theAuto setting for detection during bootup.

•Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications.

•Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the “User” option.

The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS (number of cylinders), HEAD (number of read/write heads), PRECOMP (write precompensation), LANDZ (landing zone), SECTOR (number of sectors) and MODE. The SIZE field automatically adjusts according to the configuration you specify. The documentation that came with your hard disk should provide you with the information regarding the drive specifications.

IV. BIOS (Standard CMOS)

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