BIOS Setup

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Standard CMOS Setup

Run the Standard CMOS Setup as follows.

1.Choose ÒSTANDARD CMOS SETUPÓ from the Main Menu. A

screen appears.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

 

Date (mm:dd:yy) : Fri, Feb 1 1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time (hh:mm:ss) :

7 : 30 : 33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARD DISKS

TYPE

SIZE

CYLS HEAD

PRECOMP

LANDZ

SECTOR

MODE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Master

: AUTO

0

0

0

0

0

0

AUTO

 

Primary Slave

: None

0

0

0

0

0

0

----

 

 

Secondary Master : None

0

0

0

0

0

0

----

 

 

Secondary Slave

: None

0

0

0

0

0

0

----

 

 

Drive A : 1.44M, 3.5 in.

 

 

 

 

Base Memory:

640K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drive B : None

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extended Memory:

3328K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video : EGA/VGA

 

 

 

 

 

Other Memory:

128K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Halt On : All Errors

 

 

 

 

Total Memory:

4096K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Esc : Quit

− ↓ → ←

: Select Item

PU/PD/+/– : Modify

F11 : Help

(Shift) F2 : Change Color

F3 : Toggle Calendar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.Use arrow keys to move between items and select values. Modify selected fields using PgUp/PgDn/+/Ð keys. Some fields let you enter values directly.

Date (mm/dd/yy)

Type the current date.

Time (hh:mm:ss)

Type the current time.

Primary

First, choose the type of hard disk that you

(Secondary)

already installed:

Master & Slave

Auto Ð

BIOS detects hard disk type

 

 

automatically (default)

 

1 ~ 46 Ð Selects standard hard disk type

 

User Ð

User defines the type of hard disk.

 

Next, choose hard disk mode:

 

Auto Ð

BIOS detects hard disk mode

 

 

automatically (default)

 

Normal Ð Normal IDE hard disk (smaller than

 

 

528MB)

 

LBA Ð

EnhancedÐIDE hard disk (larger

 

 

than 528MB)

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SOYO P55C, P54C manual Standard Cmos Setup

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