Viking 3 Manual
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AWARD BIOS SETUP
You can also bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT
file. For information on how to create this file, please refer to an MS-DOS
manual.
Hard Disk Drives
This field records the specifications for installed IDE hard drives on your system.
The onboard PCI IDE interfaces provide Primary and Secondary Channels for
installing up to four IDE devices. Each channel can support up to two IDE
devices, the first device is the “master” and the second device is the “slave” on
the same channel.
SCSI devices are configured by a dedicated controller card and are not setup in
the Award BIOS Setup Utility.
You can enter specifications for a hard drive by first selecting the type and then
either specifying a pre-defined, user or auto setting. If there is no hard drive
installed in a particular category you can choose the type “NONE” to skip the
auto-detection process for that category during boot or avoid a hard drive failure
if the drive is not currently installed.
Explanation of Spec Descriptions
The fields for specifying the hard drive type include
CYLS
(number of cylinders),
HEAD
(number of read/write heads),
PRECOMP
(write pre-compensation),
LANDZ
(landing zone),
SECTOR
(number of sectors) and
MODE
. The
SIZE
field will automatically adjust according to the configuration you specify in the
other fields. Your hard drive’s documentation should provide you with the
information necessary to properly set up the specifications for your drive.
Auto Detection of Hard Drives on Bootup
If you decide that you want one or more of your Primary/Secondary and
Master/Slave devices to be automatically detected during bootup, you can select
“Auto” under the TYPE and MODE fields which will enable the auto detection
during bootup. This will allow you to change hard drives (with the power off)
without having to reconfigure the drives every time you switch them. If you are
using an older hard drive which does not support this function then it will be
necessary for you to reconfigure that drive every time you install it on your
system.
NOTE: Setup defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function
necessary where they apply.
Drive A/Drive B (None)
These fields record the type of floppy drives installed on your system. The
available options for drives A and B are:
360KB 5.25”
,
1.2MB 5.25”
,
720KB
3.5”
,
1.44MB 3.5”
and
None
.
Video (EGA/VGA)
Set this field to the type of video display card you have installed in your system.
The options are:
EGA/VGA
,
Mono (for Hercules or MDA)
,
CGA 40
and
CGA
80
.
NOTE: If you are using a VGA or higher resolution card then choose the
“EGA/VGA” option.
