Intel AP440FX specifications Main Bios Setup Screen, System Date, System Time, Floppy Options

AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification

Table 35. Overview of the Setup Menu Screens

Setup Menu Screen

Main

Advanced

Security

Exit

Setup Subscreen

Floppy Options

IDE Device Configuration

Boot Options

Peripheral Configuration

Advanced Chipset

Configuration

Power Management Configuration

Plug and Play

Configuration

Event Logging

Configuration

Description

Set up and modify some of the basic options of a PC, such as time, date, diskette drives, hard drives.

Modify the more advanced features of a PC, such as peripheral configuration and advanced chipset configuration.

Specify passwords that can be used to limit access to the computer.

Save or discard changes.

Description

Configure your diskette drives.

Configure your IDE devices.

Modify options that affect boot up, such as the boot sequence.

Modify options that affect the serial ports, the parallel port, and the disk drive interfaces.

Modify options that affect memory and system busses.

Access and modify APM options.

Modify options that affect the computer’s Plug and Play capabilities.

Modify options that affect the computer’s ability to log events such as parity/ECC errors, POST errors, and system limit errors.

3.14.1Main BIOS Setup Screen

This section describes the Setup options found on the main menu screen. If you select certain options from the main screen (e.g., Hard Disk), the Setup program switches to a subscreen for the selected option.

3.14.1.1System Date

Specifies the current date. Select the month from a pop-up menu.

3.14.1.2System Time

Specifies the current time.

3.14.1.3Floppy Options

When selected, this brings up the Floppy Options menu.

3.14.1.4Primary IDE Master

Reports if an IDE device is connected to the computer. When selected, this brings up the IDE Device Configuration subscreen.

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