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L i f e B o o k E S e r i e s B I O S
MAIN MENU – SETTING STANDARD SYSTEM PARAMETERS
The Main Menu allows you to set or view the current system parameters. (See Navigating through the Setup Utility on page 2 for more information.)
The following tables show the names of the menu fields for the Main menu and its submenus, all of the options for each field, the default settings and a description of
the field’s function and any special information needed to help understand the field’s use.
System Time and System Date can also be set from your operating system without using the setup utility. Use the calendar and time icon on your Windows Control panel or type time or date from the
Main Advanced
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Security Boot Info Exit
System Time:
System Date:
▲ Primary Master
▲ Secondary Master
[14:57:01] [06/02/2004]
Item Specific Help
Adjust calendar clock.
<Tab>,
Language:
[English (US)]
F1 Help | Select | Item | Change | Values | |
ESC Exit | Select | Menu | Enter | Select | ▲ |
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| Figure 1. | Main Menu |
Table 1: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Main Menu
F9 Setup Defaults
F10 Save and Exit
Note that the parameters listed in the following table may vary depending upon your system’s configuration.
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System Time: | Sets and displays the current time. Time is in a 24 hour format | ||
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| of hours:minutes:seconds with 2 digits for each. (HH:MM:SS). |
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| Example: 16:45:57. You may change each segment of the time |
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| separately. Move between the segments with the [Tab] key and/or |
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| [Shift] + [Tab] keys. |
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System Date: | Sets and displays the current date. Date is in a month/day/year | ||
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| numeric format with 2 digits each for month and day and 4 digits for |
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| year. (MM/DD/YYYY) for example: 03/20/1998. You may |
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| change each segment of the date separately. Move between the |
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| segments with the [Tab] key and/or [Shift] + [Tab] keys. |
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