Chapter 3 BIOS Description

Standard CMOS Features

This sub-menu is used to set up the standard CMOS features, such as the date, time, HDD model and so on. Use the arrow keys select the item to set up, and then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to choose the setting values.

Standard CMOS Features Menu

Date

This option allows you to set the desired date (usually as the current day) with the <day><month><date><year> format.

Day—weekday from Sun. to Sat., defined by BIOS (read-only). Month—month from Jan. to Dec..

Date—date from 1st to 31st, can be changed using the keyboard. Year—year, set up by users.

Time

This option allows you to set up the desired time (usually the current day) with <hour><minute><second> format.

IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave

These categories identify the HDD types of 2 IDE channels installed in the computer system. There are three choices provided for the Enhanced IDE BIOS: None, Auto, and Manual. “None” means no HDD is installed or set; “Auto” means the system can auto-detect the hard disk when booting up; by choosing “Manual” and changing Access Mode to “CHS”, the related information should be entered manually. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press < Enter>:

Cylinder

number of cylinders

Head

number of heads

 

 

 

 

Precomp

write pre-compensation

Landing Zone

landing zone

 

 

 

 

Sector

number of sectors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Foxconn 661M03 user manual Standard Cmos Features, Date, Time, IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave