Standard Cmos Setup - Acer 370LXB User Manual

3.2 Standard CMOS Setup

With the sub-menu (Figure 3-2), you can setup the; system date, system time, hard and floppy drive type, and display
adapter type. Please refer to your equipment specification when changing the setup. Use arrow keys to highlight items,
and use <PageUp>, <PageDown>, <+>, or <-> keys to scroll through the available options.
3.2.1 Date
To assign the system date, the format is "mm.dd.yy". The input range for the Month is 1-12. Range for Date is 1-31. Range for
Year is 1994-2079. System BIOS will calculate the day of the week automatically.
3.2.2 Time
To assign the system time, the format is "hh:mm:ss". The setting is in military time. When entering 2:34pm enter "14:34:00".
3.2.3 Hard Disks Setting
The BIOS supports Dual-Channel PIO and PCI Bus Master IDE ports. Each port supports one master and one slave hard drive.
You can use <PageUp> or <PageDown> key to change hard drive type. Incorrect setting may result in boot up error or system
hang.
If your hard disk drive is not listed, you can select Type "USER" to define your own drive manually. We recommend that you
select Type "AUTO" for all drives. The BIOS will auto-detect the hard disk drive and CD-ROM drive at the POST stage.
If your hard disk drive is a SCSI device, please select "None" for your hard drive setting.
3.2.4 Floppy Drives A&B Setting
Select your floppy disk drive type. Options are 360KB (5.25") , 720KB (3.5") , 1.2MB (5.25") , 1.44MB (3.5") , 2.88MB (3.5") .
3.2.5 Video Display Adapter Setting
Select the display adapter type for your system. Options are EGA/VGA, MONO, CGA40 and CGA80.
3.2.6 Halt On
This function allows the system to halt when an error is detected during Power-On Self-Test.
Figure 3-2. Standard CMOS Setup Screen
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (XXXXXXXX)
STANDARD CMOS SETUP
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