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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
Use the cursor keys to select an item and press <PgUp>, <PgDn>, <+> or <-> keys to
modify its option.
Item
Date
Time
Drive A
Video
Halt On
Base Memory
Extended Memory
Total Memory
IDE Primary Master
IDE Primary Slave
IDE Secondary Master
IDE Secondary Slave
Choosing one of these sub-menus allow you to manually enter or automatically detect
the storage devices and their parameters installed in the system. The figure below
shows the screen when IDE Primary Master sub-menu is selected:
Options
month:day:year
Sets system date and time to current
date and time.
hour:min:sec
360KB, 5.25 in.
Selects the type of floppy drives
1.2MB, 5.25 in.
installed in the system.
720KB, 3.5 in.
1.44MB, 3.5 in.
2.88MB, 3.5 in.
None
EGA/VGA
Selects the type of display installed.
CGA40
CGA80
Mono
All Errors
Determines whether system
All, But Keyboard
operation will be halted or not when
All, But Diskette
errors are detected.
All, But Disk/Key
No Errors
These fields display the size of
memory installed. The values cannot
be modified.
Description
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