Modifying The Bios Settings; Main Setup; Advanced Setup - Alienware Area-51 m5500 User Manual

Modifying the BIOS Settings

The AMIBIOS setup main menu is divided into sub-menus. Each
menu item is described in this section.

Main Setup

Under this menu, you may change the time/date and view basic
processor and system memory information.
Item Selections /
Sub-menu
Date N/A
Time N/A

Advanced Setup

IDE Configuration
Item Selections /
Sub-menu
Primary Hard Disk
IDE
Master
Secondary ATAPI CDROM
IDE
Master
Note:
The sub-menu is not selectable. Press enter to view information about the
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Description
Type in the current date in MM/DD/YY
format.
Type in the current date in HH:MM:SS
format.
Description
The primary master is where BIOS tries
to boot from first. The primary master
controls the hard drive.
The secondary master controls the
ATAPI CD-ROM drive.