AR-B1462 User¡¦s Guide
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7.2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP
The <Standard CMOS Setup> option allows you to record some basic system hardware configuration and set the
system clock and error handling. If the CPU board is already installed in a working system, you will not need to
select this option anymore.
AMIBIOS SETUP - STANDARD CMOS SETUP
(C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Date (mm/dd/yyyy): Sat Dec 05,1998 640K
Time (hh/mm/ss): 13:13:00 39MB
Floppy Drive A: Not Installed
Floppy Drive B: Not Installed
LBA Blk PIO 32Bit
Type Size Cyln Head Wpcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode
Pri Master : Auto Off Off Auto Off
Pri Slave : Auto Off Off Auto Off
Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled
Month: Jan - Dec ESC:Exit ¡ô¡õ:Sel
Day: 01 - 31 PgUp/PgDn:Modify
Year: 1901 - 2099 F2/F3:Color
Figure 7-2 BIOS: Standard CMOS Setup
Date & Time Setup
Highlight the <Date> field and then press the [Page Up] /[Page Down] or [+]/[-] keys to set the current date. Follow
the month, day and year format.
Highlight the <Time> field and then press the [Page Up] /[Page Down] or [+]/[-] keys to set the current date. Follow
the hour, minute and second format.
The user can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For information on how to
create this file, please refer to the MS-DOS manual.
Floppy Setup
The <Standard CMOS Setup> option records the types of floppy disk drives installed in the system.
To enter the configuration value for a particular drive, highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type
using the left-or right-arrow key.
Hard Disk Setup
The BIOS supports various types for user settings, The BIOS supports <Pri Master> and <Pri Slave> so the user
can install up to two hard disks. For the master and slave jumpers, please refer to the hard disk’s installation
descriptions and the hard disk jumper settings.
You can select <AUTO> under the <TYPE> and <MODE> fields. This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives
during bootup. This will allow you to change your hard drives (with the power off) and then power on without
having to reconfigure your hard drive type. If you use older hard disk drives which do not support this feature, then
you must configure the hard disk drive in the standard method as described above by the <USER> option.
Boot Sector Virus Protection
This option protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications. Any
attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message. If this occurs, you can either
allow the operation to continue or use a bootable virus-free floppy disk to reboot and investigate your system. The
default setting is <Disabled>. This setting is recommended because it conflicts with new operating systems.
Installation of new operating system requires that you disable this to prevent write errors.