Using the BIOS Setup Utility —Standard Feature Description

 

Standard Feature Description

 

 

 

 

 

Field

Setting

 

Function

 

 

 

 

 

System Time

Use these fields to set the time and date. The time is displayed in

 

& Date

24-hour format. The date can be set from January 1, 1980 to

 

 

 

December 31, 2099. The values set in these two fields take effect

 

 

 

immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type

Shows type of system installed, including the following options:

 

 

 

(Pri. Master) Auto,

CD-Rom /DVD, No Installed, User;

 

 

 

(Sec. Master) Auto, CD-Rom /DVD, Not Installed, User.

 

Pri. Master

Auto

 

The Default setting is Auto. Auto lets the

 

 

 

 

 

system automatically read setup

 

 

 

CD-ROM/DVD

 

 

 

 

information from the device. When set to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not Installed

 

 

 

 

Auto, the BIOS will automatically detect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User

 

hard disk capacity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sec. Master

Auto

 

The Default setting is Auto. Auto lets the

 

 

 

 

 

system automatically read setup

 

 

 

CD-ROM/DVD

 

 

 

 

information from the device.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Not Installed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

User

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Size

Hard disk capacity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cylinders

Displays the number of cylinders on the hard disk drive.

 

 

 

 

LBA Mode

Only some hard disk drives support Logical Block

 

 

 

Addressing. Default depends on the Hard Disk Drive type.

 

 

 

 

Blk Mode

Only some hard drives support block (multi-sector) transfer

 

 

 

of data

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIO Mode

The default value Auto lets the system automatically read

 

 

 

setup information it needs for setup from hard disk drive.

 

 

 

Five explicit values, 0 to 4, are also possible.

 

 

 

 

32Bit Mode

Only some hard disk controllers support 32 bit data transfer

 

 

 

 

Base Memory;

These two items are detected automatically at start-up time

 

Extended

and cannot be changed

 

Memory