System Date: Sets your computer to the date that you specify, usually the current date. Enter the month, day, and year in the formatmm:dd:yyyy. Use the tab key to move between the month, day, and year cells. Use the hyphen key
Floppy Disk A: Specifies a drive type for floppy drive A. 1.44 MB, 3 1/2”(default) floppy disk can be used.
Primary Master and Primary Slave: Your computer has one IDE bus. Primary master defines the hard drive installed in the computer, and Primary Slave defines the
To configure a replacement or upgrade hard drive, move the cursor to select the Primary Master field in the System Setup Main menu, and then press the<Enter> key. The submenu appears.
Normally, you can use the Auto option of the Type field in the submenu to automatically set the values for the other fields in the submenu. Manually set the other fields in this submenu only if the drive you have installed in your computer is not recognized by System Setup.
Set the Auto option of the Type field in the Secondary Master submenu to enable the system to boot from Bootable CD- ROMs, you will also need to check the boot device priority, field and Bootable CD check field.
After you make your selections from this submenu, press the <Esc> key to exit back to the Main menu.
Before attempting to configure a hard drive, make sure you have the configuration information supplied by the manufacturer of the hard drive. Incorrect drive settings can cause your computer to malfunction.
The Primary Master and Primary Slave fields calls up a submenu. The following fields are found in the submenu:
Type: Configures the hard drive type. Normally, select Auto at this field to have your computer attempt to automatically detect the drive type and set the values for the remaining fields in this submenu manually, specify User. Manually enter the number of cylinders, heads, sectors per track, and write precompensation for your drive. Refer to your drive’s user documentation or look on the drive to obtain this information.
52 Using System Setup