Chapter 3 BIOS Description
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Standard CMOS Features
This sub-menu is used to set up the standard CMOS features, such as the date,
time, HDD model and so on. Use the arrow keys select the item to set up, and
then use the <PgUp> or <PgDn> keys to choose the setting values.
Date
This option allows you to set the desired date (usually as the current date) with
the <day><month><date><year> format.
Day—weekday from Sun. to Sat., defined by BIOS (read-only).
Month—month from Jan. to Dec..
Date—date from 1
st
to 31
st
, can be changed using the keyboard.
Year—year, set up by users.
Time
This option allows you to set up the desired time (usually as the current time) with
<hour><minute><second> format.
IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave & IDE Channel 2/3 Master (optional)
These categories identify the HDD types of 2 IDE channels installed in the com-
puter system. There are three choices provided for the Enhanced IDE BIOS:
None, Auto, and Manual. “None” means no HDD is installed or set; “Auto” means
the system can auto-detect the hard disk when booting up; by choosing “Manual”
and changing Access Mode to “CHS”, the related information should be entered
manually. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press < Enter>:
Standard CMOS Features Menu
Cylinder
number of cylinders
Head
number of heads
Precomp
write pre-compensation
Landing Zone
landing zone
Sector
number of sectors
