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AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification
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Table 35. Overview of the Setup Menu Screens
Setup Menu Screen Description
Main Set up and modify some of the basic options of a PC, such as time, date,
diskette drives, hard drives.
Advanced Modify the more advanced features of a PC, such as peripheral configuration
and advanced chipset configuration.
Security Specify passwords that can be used to limit access to the computer.
Exit Save or discard changes.
Setup Subscreen Description
Floppy Options Configure your diskette drives.
IDE Device Configuration Configure your IDE devices.
Boot Options Modify options that affect boot up, such as the boot sequence.
Peripheral Configuration Modify options that affect the serial ports, the parallel port, and the disk drive
interfaces.
Advanced Chipset
Configuration
Modify options that affect memory and system busses.
Power Management
Configuration
Access and modify APM options.
Plug and Play
Configuration
Modify options that affect the computer’s Plug and Play capabilities.
Event Logging
Configuration
Modify options that affect the computer’s ability to log events such as
parity/ECC errors, POST errors, and system limit errors.
3.14.1 Main BIOS Setup Screen
This section describes the Setup options found on the main menu screen. If you select certain
options from the main screen (e.g., Hard Disk), the Setup program switches to a subscreen for the
selected option.
3.14.1.1 System Date
Specifies the current date. Select the month from a pop-up menu.
3.14.1.2 System Time
Specifies the current time.
3.14.1.3 Floppy Options
When selected, this brings up the Floppy Options menu.
3.14.1.4 Primary IDE Master
Reports if an IDE device is connected to the computer. When selected, this brings up the IDE
Device Configuration subscreen.