Standard CMOS Features Option
This option displays a table of items which defines basic information about your system.
Date and Time
The Date and Time items show the current date and time held by your computer. If you are running a Windows OS, these items are automatically updated whenever you make changes to the Windows Date and Time Properties utility.
IDE Devices | Defaults: None |
Your computer has two IDE channels (Primary and Secondary) and each channel can be installed with one or two devices (Master and Slave). Use these items to configure each device on the IDE channel. Press Enter to display the IDE
IDE HDD Auto-Detection
Press Enter while this item is highlighted if you want the setup utility to automatically detect and configure a hard disk drive on the IDE channel.
IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave
If you leave this item at Auto, the system will automatically detect and configure any IDE devices it finds. If it fails to find a hard disk, change the value to Manual and then manually configure the drive be entering the characteristics of the drive in the items below (Capacity, Cylinder, Head, Precomp, etc.), If you have no device installed change the value to None.
Access Mode
This items defines some special ways that can be used to access IDE hard disks such as LBA (Large Block Addressing). Leave this value at Auto and the system will automatically decide the fastest way to access the hard disk drive.
Press Esc to close the IDE device
Drive A and Drive B | Default: 1.44M, 3.5 |
| in., None |
These items define the characteristics of any diskette drive attached to the system. You can connect one or two diskette drives.
Floppy 3 Mode Support | Default: Disabled |
Floppy 3 mode refers to a 3.5” diskette with a capacity of 1.2 MB. Floppy 3 mode is sometimes used in Japan.
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