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3-1 Standard CMOS Setup
The Standard CMOS Setup 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 motherboard 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.
Date/Time
Set the date and time of the system. Do not skip this function as all of your timed events
such as power management, saving files, etc are based on this timer.
IDE (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 type such as SCSI drives.
Drive A/B
Select different Floppy device Model. Available options are [None], [360K, 5-1/4 in],
[1.2M, 5-1/4 in], [720k, 3-1/2 in], [1.44M, 3-1/2 in], and [2.88M, 3-1/2 in].
Video
Select the type of video adapter present in your system. You can ignore this setting if you
are using a VGA monitor; VGA BIOS will automatically configure this setting.
Figure 3-2
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