User`s guide

36 • BIOS Configuration
At the bottom of the menu are the control keys for use on this menu. If you
need any help in each item field, you can press the <F1> key. It will display
the relevant information to help you. The memory display at the lower
right-hand side of the menu is read-only. It will adjust automatically
according to the memory changed. The following describes each item of
this menu.
Date
The date format is:
Day Sun to Sat (read only)
Month 1 to 12
Date 1 to 31
Year 1994 to 2079
To set the date, highlight the “Date” field and use the PageUp/ PageDown
or +/- keys to set the current time.
Time
The time format is:
Hour 00 to 23
Minute 00 to 59
Second 00 to 59
To set the time, highlight the “Time” field and use the <PgUp>/ <PgDn> or
+/- keys to set the current time.
Primary HDDs / Secondary HDDs
The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary
channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices.
Each channel can s upport up to two hard disks; the first is the “Master” and
the second is the “Slave”.
To enter the specifications for a hard disk drive, you must select a “Type”.
There are 45 predefined types and 4 user definable types are for
Enhanced IDE BIOS. Type 1 to 45 are predefined. [Type “User” is
user-definable. For the Primary Master/Slave as well as Secondary
Master/Slave, you can select “Auto” under the TYPE and MODE fields.
This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives and CD-ROM drive
during POST.]