Standard Cmos Setup - Intel 486MIS Quick Start Manual

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

Use the standard CMOS Setup screen to check or modify general
configuration information such as the date, time, floppy type, hard disk
type, video type, etc.
·
Date (Month/Date/Year): On the bottom right corner of the screen, a
calendar has been provided for user. You manually set the electronic
calendar only if the values are incorrect.
·
Time (Hour/Minute/Second): The time here is 24-hour time. You
would enter 5:30 P.M. as 17:30:00.
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Hard Disk C:/D: Type: The BIOS provides 46 predefined types of
popular hard disk drives. Relevant specifications include the number
of cylinders and heads, write pre-compensation time, read/write head
landing zone, number of sectors per track. A hard disk will not work
properly if your enter incorrect drive parameters.
If your particular drive is not one of the 46 pre-defined types, simply
scroll down to select type 47 and enter the appropriate values for
cylinders, heads, WPcom, LZone, and sectors.
automatically determined by the other entries. You can also let the
BIOS to determine the drive type by selecting "AUTO DETECT
HARD DISK" from the Main Menu.
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Floppy Drive A: Type (360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB, 2.88MB, or
Not Installed): Specify the type of the first floppy drive installed on
the system. 'Not Installed' could be used as an option for diskless
workstations.
·
Floppy Drive B: Type: Specify the type of the second floppy drive
installed on the system.
·
Primary
VGA/PGA/EGA, Monochrome): The 'Not Installed' option could be
used for network file servers.
·
Keyboard (Installed / Not Installed): Default is "Installed".
Installed" allows your system to operate without keyboard.
After all selections have been done, press <Esc> key to exit this section.
ADVANCED CMOS SETUP
486MIS System Board User's Manual
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