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AP440FX Motherboard Technical Product Specification
Table 35. Overview of the Setup Menu Screens
Setup Menu Screen
Main
Advanced
Security
Exit
Setup Subscreen
Floppy Options
IDE Device Configuration
Boot Options
Peripheral Configuration
Advanced Chipset
Configuration
Power Management
Configuration
Plug and Play
Configuration
Event Logging
Configuration
3.14.1 Main BIOS Setup Screen
This section describes the Setup options found on the main menu screen. If you select certain
options from the main screen (e.g., Hard Disk), the Setup program switches to a subscreen for the
selected option.
3.14.1.1
System Date
Specifies the current date. Select the month from a pop-up menu.
3.14.1.2
System Time
Specifies the current time.
3.14.1.3
Floppy Options
When selected, this brings up the Floppy Options menu.
3.14.1.4
Primary IDE Master
Reports if an IDE device is connected to the computer. When selected, this brings up the IDE
Device Configuration subscreen.
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Description
Set up and modify some of the basic options of a PC, such as time, date,
diskette drives, hard drives.
Modify the more advanced features of a PC, such as peripheral configuration
and advanced chipset configuration.
Specify passwords that can be used to limit access to the computer.
Save or discard changes.
Description
Configure your diskette drives.
Configure your IDE devices.
Modify options that affect boot up, such as the boot sequence.
Modify options that affect the serial ports, the parallel port, and the disk drive
interfaces.
Modify options that affect memory and system busses.
Access and modify APM options.
Modify options that affect the computer's Plug and Play capabilities.
Modify options that affect the computer's ability to log events such as
parity/ECC errors, POST errors, and system limit errors.
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