Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2 Manual - Page 23

Date mm:dd:yy, Time hh:mm:ss, IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 1, 2, 3 Master, Halt On,

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Date (mm:dd:yy) Sets the system date. Time (hh:mm:ss) Sets the system time. IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 1, 2, 3 Master IDE HDD Auto-Detection, IDE Auto-Detection Press to autodetect the parameters of the IDE/SATA device on this channel. IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave, Extended IDE Drive Configure your IDE/SATA devices by using one of the three methods below: • Auto Lets the BIOS automatically detect IDE/SATA devices during the POST. (Default) • None If no IDE/SATA devices are used, set this item to None so the system will skip the detection of the device during the POST for faster system startup. Access Mode Sets the hard drive access mode. (Default: Auto) The following fields display your hard drive specifications. If you wish to enter the parameters manually, refer to the information on the hard drive. Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector Halt On Approximate capacity of the currently installed hard drive. Number of cylinders. Number of heads. Write precompensation cylinder. Landing zone. Number of sectors. Allows you to determine whether the system will stop for an error during the POST. Options are: "All Errors," "No Errors," "All, But Keyboard" (default), "All, But Diskette," "All, But Disk/Key." Memory These fields are read-only and are determined by the BIOS POST. - 23 - BIOS Setup

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BIOS Setup
Date (mm:dd:yy)
Sets the system date.
Time (hh:mm:ss)
Sets the system time.
IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave,
IDE Channel 1, 2, 3 Master
IDE HDD Auto-Detection, IDE Auto-Detection
Press <Enter> to autodetect the parameters of the IDE/SATA device on this channel.
IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave, Extended IDE Drive
Configure your IDE/SATA devices by using one of the three methods below:
Auto
Lets the BIOS automatically detect IDE/SATA devices during the POST. (Default)
None
If no IDE/SATA devices are used, set this item to
None
so the system will skip the
detection of the device during the POST for faster system startup.
Access Mode
Sets the hard drive access mode. (Default: Auto)
The following fields display your hard drive specifications. If you wish to enter the parameters manually,
refer to the information on the hard drive.
Capacity
Approximate capacity of the currently installed hard drive.
Cylinder
Number of cylinders.
Head
Number of heads.
Precomp
Write precompensation cylinder.
Landing Zone
Landing zone.
Sector
Number of sectors.
Halt On
Allows you to determine whether the system will stop for an error during the POST.
Options are: "All Errors," "No Errors," "All, But Keyboard" (default), "All, But Diskette," "All, But Disk/Key."
Memory
These fields are read-only and are determined by the BIOS POST.