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2-8 Chapter 2: BIOS information
2.3 Main menu
When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you an
overview of the basic system information.
Refer to section 2.2.1 BIOS menu screen for information on the menu screen items and
how to navigate through them.
2.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]
Allows you to set the system time.
Select Screen
Select Item
+-
Change Field
Tab Select Field
F1 General Help
F10 Save and Exit
ESC Exit
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BIOS SETUP UTILITY
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Use [ENTER], [TAB]
or [SHIFT-TAB] to
select a eld.
Use [+] or [-] to
congure system
Time.
System Time [19:34:30]
System Date [Tue 11/19/2007]
Primary IDE Master :[Not Detected]
Primary IDE Slave :[Not Detected]
SATA1 :[Not Detected]
SATA2 :[Not Detected]
SATA3 :[Not Detected]
SATA5 :[Not Detected]
SATA6 :[Not Detected]
E-SATA :[Not Detected]
SATA Conguration
System Information
Main Settings
2.3.3 Primary IDE Master/Slave, SATA 1/2/3/5/6, E-SATA
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE/SATA devices.
There is a separate submenu for each IDE/SATA device. Select a device item then press
<Enter> to display the IDE/SATA device information.
The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size,
LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring). These
values are not user-congurable. These items show Not Detected if no IDE/SATA device is
installed in the system.
Type [Auto]
Selects the type of IDE drive. Setting this item to [Auto] allows automatic selection of the
appropriate IDE device type. Select [CDROM] if you are specically conguring a CD-ROM
drive. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is either a ZIP, LS-120,
or MO drive. Conguration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD]
2.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
Allows you to set the system date.
This item only appears in the Primary IDE Master/Slave menus.