Standard Cmos Setup - CHAINTECH 9EJL4 User Manual

Chapter 3

3-1 Standard CMOS Setup

The Standard CMOS Setup allows users to configure system components such as
hard disk drive, floppy disk drive and video display as well as date, time and
boot-up error signaling. This configuration menu should be changed when installing
a motherboard for the first time, changing hardware in your system such as the HDD,
FDD, video display, or when the CMOS data was lost or corrupted. Choose the
Standard CMOS Setup option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-1) to
display the following screen.
Figure 3-2 Standard CMOS Feature Screen
Date/Time:
Set the date and time of the system. Do not skip this function as all of your timed
events such as power management, saving files, etc are based on this timer.
IDE (Primary/Secondary; Master/Slave):
This category identifies up to four IDE hard disk drives that have been installed in
the computer. This section does not show information on other IDE devices such as
CD-ROM drives or other hard drive types such as SCSI drives.
Drive A/B:
Select different Floppy device models. Available options are [None], [360K, 5-1/4
in], [1.2M, 5-1/4 in], [720k, 3-1/2 in], [1.44M, 3-1/2 in], and [2.88M, 3-1/2 in].
Video:
Select the type of video adapter present in your system. You can ignore this setting if
you are using a VGA monitor; VGA BIOS will automatically configure this setting.
Halt On:
When the system is powered on, BIOS performs a series of diagnostic tests called
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