Table B-1. Main Menu Options

Option

Function

 

 

System Time

Resets the time on the computer’s internal clock.

 

 

System Date

Resets the date on the computer’s internal calendar.

 

 

Floppy Drive

Identifies the type of diskette drive being used by the

 

computer. This option has no user-selectable settings.

 

 

Hard Disk

Displays the capacity of the computer's internal hard-disk

 

drive. This option does not have any user-selectable settings.

 

NOTE: The optional second or third hard-disk drives do not

 

appear in this category, even if installed.

 

 

Quiet Boot

When set to Enabled (default), prevents the diagnostic

 

POST messages and summary screen from appearing at

 

system start-up. When set to Disabled, allows POST

 

messages and the summary screen to appear at system

 

start-up. If Quiet Boot is enabled, you cannot choose a boot

 

device as the system initializes.

 

 

Video Display

Allows you to specify whether video is visible only on the

Device

computer’s integrated display (LCD Mode), only on an

 

external monitor or projector (CRT Mode), or on both the

 

display and an external device simultaneously (Simul Mode,

 

the default).

 

When you are using the Windows 98 operating system

 

(rather than the Setup program), press <Fn><F8> to change

 

the video display device.

 

 

Television Port

When set to Enabled (default), allows the computer to

 

display the screen image on a TV (if one is attached to the

 

TV-out connector) and disables the LCD and CRT. When set

 

to Disabled, allows the screen image to appear on the

 

device specified in the Video Display Device option.

 

 

Television Type

Allows you to set the the TV-out signal to NTSC (default) or

 

PAL.

 

Consult your television documentation for information on

 

which setting you should use.

 

 

System Memory

Displays the base amount of DRAM installed in the

 

computer. Each computer has 640 KB of base memory.

 

This option has no user-selectable settings.

 

 

NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the Glossary in the

system Help.

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