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Standard CMOS Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMOS Setup Utility-Copyright (C) 1984-2006 Award Software

 

 

 

 

Standard CMOS Features

 

 

 

Date (mm:dd:yy)

Tue, Mar 28 2006

Item Help

 

Time (hh:mm:ss)

22:31:24

 

Menu Level`

` IDE Channel 0 Master

[None]

 

Change the day, month,

` IDE Channel 0 Slave

[None]

 

year

 

` IDE Channel 1 Master

[None]

 

 

 

` IDE Channel 1 Slave

[None]

 

<Week>

 

` IDE Channel 2 Master

[None]

 

Sun. to Sat.

` IDE Channel 3 Master

[None]

 

<Month>

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive A

 

[1.44M, 3.5"]

Jan. to Dec.

 

Drive B

 

[None]

 

 

 

 

Floppy 3 Mode Support

[Disabled]

 

<Day>

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 to 31 (or maximum

 

Halt On

 

[All, But Keyboard]

allowed in the month)

 

Base Memory

 

640K

 

<Year>

 

 

Extended Memory

239M

 

1999 to 2098

 

Total Memory

 

240M

 

 

 

KLJI: Move

Enter: Select

+/-/PU/PD: Value

F10: Save

ESC: Exit

F1: General Help

 

F5: Previous Values

F6: Fail-Safe Defaults

 

F7: Optimized Defaults

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

The date format is <week>, <month>, <day>, <year>.

 

 

 

 

Week

The week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the BIOS and is display only

 

Month

The month, Jan. Through Dec.

 

 

 

 

Day

The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the month)

 

 

Year

The year, from 1999 through 2098

 

 

 

Time

The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military- time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00.

IDE Channel 0 Master, Slave / IDE Channel 1 Master, Slave

IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press "Enter" to select this option for automatic device detection. IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave IDE Device Setup. You can use one of three methods:

Auto

Allows BIOS to automatically detect IDE devices during POST. (Default value)

None

Select this if no IDE devices are used and the system will skip the automatic

 

detection step and allow for faster system start up.

Manual

User can manually input the correct settings.

Access Mode

Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The four options are:

 

CHS/LBA/Large/Auto(default:Auto)

IDE Channel 2/3 Master

IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press "Enter" to select this option for automatic device detection.

Extended IDE Drive

SATA IDE devices setup. You can use one of two methods:

• Auto

Allows BIOS to automatically detect SATA IDE devices during POST(default)

• None

Select this if no SATA IDE devices are used and the system will skip the

 

automatic detection step and allow for faster system start up.

Access Mode

Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The two options are:

 

Large/Auto(default:Auto)

 

 

 

GA-8I865GME Motherboard

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Intel GA-8I865GME user manual Standard Cmos Features, Time, IDE Channel 0 Master, Slave / IDE Channel 1 Master, Slave

GA-8I865GME specifications

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