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3-1 Standard CMOS Features
The Standard CMOS Features 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 mainboard for the first time, changing hardware in your system such as the HDD,
FDD, video display, or when the CMOS data has been lost or contaminated. Choose
the Standard CMOS Setup option from the CMOS Setup Utility menu (Figure 3-
1) to display the following screen. When a field is highlighted, on-line help
information is displayed on the left bottom edge of the screen.
CMOS Setup Utility- Copyright (C) 1984-2001 Award Software
Date (mm : dd : yy)
Time (hh : mm : ss)
IDE Primary Master
IDE Primary Slave
IDE Secondary Master
IDE Secondary Slave
Drive A
Drive B
Video
Halt On
Base Memory
Extended Memory
Total Memory
:Move Enter:Select
F5:Previous Values
Date/Time
Set the date and time. Do not skip this function as all of your timed events such
as power management, saving files, etc. are based on this timer.
Hard Disk Setup (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.
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Standard CMOS Features
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None
None
None
None
1.44M, 3.5 in.
None
EGA/VGA
All Errors
640K
64512K
65536K
+/-/PU/PD:Value
F6:Fail-Safe Defaults
Figure 3-2 Standard CMOS Features Screen
Menu Level
F10:Save
ESC:Exit
F7:Optimized Defaults
Item Help
F1:General Help
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