Intel 9EJL4 3-1Standard CMOS Setup, 2Standard CMOS Feature Screen Date/Time, Drive A/B, Video

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3-1 Standard CMOS Setup

The Standard CMOS Setup allows users to configure system components such as hard disk drive, floppy disk drive and video display as well as date, time and boot-up error signaling. This configuration menu should be changed when installing a motherboard for the first time, changing hardware in your system such as the HDD, FDD, video display, or when the CMOS data was lost or corrupted. Choose the Standard CMOS Setup option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1) to display the following screen.

Figure 3-2 Standard CMOS Feature Screen

Date/Time:

Set the date and time of the system. Do not skip this function as all of your timed events such as power management, saving files, etc are based on this timer.

IDE (Primary/Secondary; Master/Slave):

This category identifies up to four IDE hard disk drives that have been installed in the computer. This section does not show information on other IDE devices such as CD-ROM drives or other hard drive types such as SCSI drives.

Drive A/B:

Select different Floppy device models. Available options are [None], [360K, 5-1/4 in], [1.2M, 5-1/4 in], [720k, 3-1/2 in], [1.44M, 3-1/2 in], and [2.88M, 3-1/2 in].

Video:

Select the type of video adapter present in your system. You can ignore this setting if you are using a VGA monitor; VGA BIOS will automatically configure this setting.

Halt On:

When the system is powered on, BIOS performs a series of diagnostic tests called

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