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Chapter 2 BIOS Description 1.1 Date/Time This item allows you to set up the desired time and date(usually as the current time and date) with / format. Day-weekday from Sun. to Sat. Month-month from 1 to 12 Date-date from 1st to 31st Year-year, set up by users. Use , to select a field. Use or to configure system time and date. 1.2 IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave and SATA Channel 1/2/3/4 Master These categories identify the HDD types of 1 IDE channel installed in the computer system. There are three choices provided for the Enhanced IDE BIOS: None, Auto, and Manual. "None" means no HDD is installed or set; "Auto" means the system can auto-detect the hard disk when booting up; by choosing "Manual" and changing Access Mode to "CHS", the related information should be entered manually. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press < Enter>: Cylinder Precomp Sector number of cylinders write pre-compensation number of sectors Head Landing Zone number of heads landing zone Award (Phoenix) BIOS can support 3 HDD modes: CHS, LBA and Large. CHS LBA For HDD528MB & supporting LBA (Logical Block Addressing) Large For HDD>528MB but not supporting LBA Note: Set to [Auto] , the system can detect the hard disk and select the HDD mode automatically when booting up. Suggest you select this option. 1.3 Drive A This option allows you to select the kind of FDD to be installed, including [None],[360K, 5.25 in], [1.2M, 5.25 in], [720K, 3.5 in], [1.44M, 3.5 in] and [2.88 M, 3.5 in]. 1.4 Halt On This category determines whether or not the computer will stop if an error is detected during powering up. 22

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Chapter 2
BIOS Description
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Use <ENTER>,<TAB> to select a field. Use <+>or <-> to configure system
time and date.
1.2 IDE
Channel 0 Master/Slave and SATA Channel 1/2/3/4 Master
These categories identify the HDD types of 1 IDE channel installed in the com-
puter system. There are three choices provided for the Enhanced IDE BIOS:
None, Auto, and Manual.
None
means no HDD is installed or set;
Auto
means
the system can auto-detect the hard disk when booting up; by choosing
Manual
and changing Access Mode to
CHS
, the related information should be entered
manually. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press < Enter>:
1.4
Halt On
This category determines whether or not the computer will stop if an error
is detected during powering up.
1.3 Drive A
This option allows you to select the kind of FDD to be installed, including
[None],[360K, 5.25 in], [1.2M, 5.25 in], [720K, 3.5 in], [1.44M, 3.5 in] and
[2.88 M, 3.5 in].
Cylinder
number of cylinders
Head
number of heads
Precomp
write pre-compensation
Landing Zone
landing zone
Sector
number of sectors
1.1
Date/Time
This item allows you to set up the desired time and date(usually as the
current time and date) with <day><month><date><year>/<hour><minute>
<second> format.
Day
weekday from Sun. to Sat.
Month
month from 1 to 12
Date
date from 1
st
to 31
st
Year
year, set up by users.
Award (Phoenix) BIOS can support 3 HDD modes: CHS, LBA and Large.
Note:
Set to [Auto] , the system can detect the hard disk and select the
HDD mode automatically when booting up. Suggest you select this option.
CHS
For HDD<528MB
LBA
For HDD>528MB & supporting LBA (Logical Block Addressing)
Large For HDD>528MB but not supporting LBA