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ASUS TX97-E User’s Manual 39
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE
IV. BIOS
(Standard CMOS)
Details of Standard CMOS Setup:
Date
To set the date, highlight the “Date” field and then press the page up/page down or +/
- keys to set the current date. Follow the month, day and year format. Valid values for
month, day and year are: Month: (1 to 12), Day: (1 to 31), Year: (up to 2099)
Time
To set the time, highlight the “Time” field and then press the page up/page down or +/- keys
to set the current time. Follow the hour, minute and second format. Valid values for hour,
minute and second are: (Hour: (00 to 23), Minute: (00 to 59),Second: (00 to 59)time,
just press the <Enter> key twice if you do not want to modify the current
NOTE: You can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT
file. For information on how to create this file, please refer to the MS-DOS manual.
Hard Disk Drives
This field records the specifications for all non-SCSI hard disk drives installed in
your system. The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary
channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices. Each chan-
nel can support up to two hard disks; the first of which is the “master” and the
second is the “slave”.
Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since they operate
using device drivers and are not supported by any the BIOS. If you install the
optional PCI-SC200 SCSI controller card into the motherboard (see section VI for
instructions). If you install other vendor’s SCSI controller card, please refer to their
respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers.
For IDE hard disk drive setup, you can:
• Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup.
• Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically
enter the drive specifications.
• Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the “User” option.
The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS (number of cylinders),
HEAD (number of read/write heads), PRECOMP (write precompensation), LANDZ
(landing zone), SECTOR (number of sectors) and MODE. The SIZE field auto-
matically adjusts according to the configuration you specify. The documentation
that comes with your hard disk should provide you with the information regarding
the drive specifications.