Menu Item
System Date
System Time
Floppy Drive A
Floppy Drive B
Primary IDE Master
Primary IDE Slave
Secondary IDE Master
Secondary IDE Slave
IDE Device
Configuration
2-10 System Configuration
Main Menu Items
Settings (default is bold)
Set system date in this field. Press Tab or Enter to move
between month, date, and year fields.
Example: 04/28/2000
Set system time in this field. Press Tab or Enter to move
between hour, minute, and second fields.
Example: 09:30:50
Not Installed
360 KB 5 1/4"
1.2 MB 5 1/4"
720 KB 3 1/2"
1.44 MB 3 1/2"
2.88 MB 3 1/2"
Not Installed
360 KB 5 1/4"
1.2 MB 5 1/4"
720 KB 3 1/2"
1.44 MB 3 1/2"
2.88 MB 3 1/2"
Auto
Auto
Auto
Auto
Each device menu item displays the hard drive or CD-ROM
identifier if a device is installed.
If you install a hard drive that does not feature auto IDE type
detection or your IDE hard drive was formatted on another
system with parameters different from those reported by the
drive, enter a parameter for each of the fields in the device
submenu.
Bring up a device submenu by pressing Enter. The submenus
include IDE Device Configuration and, depending on device
selection, Fast Programmed I/O Mode, 32 Bit Transfer Mode,
LBA Mode, and Block Mode. Each is briefly described in the
following.
Auto, User, CD-ROM, Floptical, Not Installed, 1-46
When set to Auto, the BIOS sets the correct values for the
device. Selecting User allows you to configure the BIOS for the
device selected. The Not Installed setting indicates that there is
no IDE device present in the system.
Depending on the option selected, one of the following
submenus displays.