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3.3 Standard CMOS Features
"Standard CMOS Features" allows you to record some basic hardware
configurations in your computer system and set the system clock and error
handling. If the CPU card is already installed in a working system, you will
not need to select this option. You will need to run the Standard CMOS
option, however, if you change your system hardware configurations, such
as onboard battery fails, or the configuration stored in the CMOS memory
was lost or damaged.
Date
The date format is Day : Sun to Sat
Month : 1 to 12
Date : 1 to 31
Year : 1999 to 2099
Time
The time format is Hour : 00 to 23
Minute : 00 to 59
Second : 00 to 59
To set the date & time, highlight the "Date" & "Time" and use the <PgUp>/
<PgDn> or +/- keys to set the current time.
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IDE Primary HDDs / IDE Secondary HDDs
The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channel
for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices
Each channel can support up to two hard disks; the first is the "Master" an
the second is the "Slave"
Press <Enter> to configure the hard disk. The selections include Auto
Manual, and None. Select 'Manual' to define the drive information manually
You will be asked to enter the following items
Cylinder: Number of cylinder
Head: Number of read/write head
Precomp: Write precompensatio
Landing Zone: Landing zon
Sector: Number of sector
The Access Mode selections are as follows:
CHS (HD < 528MB)
LBA (HD > 528MB and supports Logical Block Addressing)
Large (for MS-DOS only)
Auto
Drive A
It identifies the type of floppy disk drive A that has been installed in the
computer. The available specifications are:
None 360K, 5.25 in. 1.2M, 5.25 in.
720K, 3.5 in. 1.44M, 3.5 in. 2.88M, 3.5 in.
Video
This field, selects the type of video display card installed in your system. You
can choose the following video display cards:
EGA/VGA For EGA, VGA, SEGA, SVGA or PGA monitor adapters.
(default
CGA 40 Power up in 40 column mode
CGA 80 Power up in 80 column mode
MONO For Hercules or MDA adapters
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