Specifications

AR-B1564 User¡¦s Guide
7-2
CAUTION: 1. AR-B1564 BIOS the factory-default setting is used to the <Auto Configuration with Optimal Settings>
Acrosser recommends using the BIOS default setting, unless you are very familiar with the setting
function, or you can contact the technical support engineer.
2. If the BIOS loss setting, the CMOS will detect the <Auto Configuration with Fail Safe Settings> to
boot the operation system, this option will reduce the performance of the system. Acrosser
recommends choosing the <Auto Configuration with Optimal Setting> in the main menu. The option
is best-case values that should optimize system performance.
3. The BIOS settings are described in detail in this section.
7.2 STANDARD CMOS SETUP
The <Standard CMOS Setup> option allows you to record some basic system hardware configuration and set the
system clock and error handling. If the CPU board is already installed in a working system, you will not need to
select this option anymore.
AMIBIOS SETUP - STANDARD CMOS SETUP
(C) 1996 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Date (mm/dd/yyyy): Sun Jun 06,1999 640KB
Time (hh/mm/ss): 13:39:30 0MB
Floppy Drive A: Not Installed
Floppy Drive B: Not Installed
LBA Blk 32Bit PIO
Type Size Cyln Head Wpcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode
Pri Master : Auto On On Off Auto
Pri Slave : Auto On On Off Auto
Sec Master : Auto On On Off Auto
Sec Slave : Auto On On Off Auto
Boot Sector Virus Protection Disabled
Month: Jan - Dec ESC:Exit ¡ô¡õ:Sel
Day: 01 - 31 PgUp/PgDn:Modify
Year: 1901 - 2099 F2/F3:Color
Figure 7-2 BIOS: Standard CMOS Setup
Date & Time Setup
Highlight the <Date> field and then press the [Page Up] /[Page Down] or [+]/[-] keys to set the current date. Follow
the month, day and year format.
Highlight the <Time> field and then press the [Page Up] /[Page Down] or [+]/[-] keys to set the current date. Follow
the hour, minute and second format.
The user can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC.BAT file. For information on how to
create this file, please refer to the MS-DOS manual.
Floppy Setup
The <Standard CMOS Setup> option records the types of floppy disk drives installed in the system.
To enter the configuration value for a particular drive, highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type
using the left-or right-arrow key.
Hard Disk Setup
The BIOS supports various types for user settings, The BIOS supports <Pri Master>, <Pri Slave>, <Sec Master>
and <Sec Slave> so the user can install up to two hard disks. For the master and slave jumpers, please refer to
the hard disk’ s installation descriptions and the hard disk jumper settings.
You can select <AUTO> under the <TYPE> and <MODE> fields. This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives
during bootup. This will allow you to change your hard drives (with the power off) and then power on without
having to reconfigure your hard drive type. If you use older hard disk drives which do not support this feature, then
you must configure the hard disk drive in the standard method as described above by the <USER> option.