Specifications

SL 486VE User's Manual
On-screen instructions in the lower left corner of the screen explain how to
use the program. After making all selections, press <ESC> key and then
return to the main menu program to choose another Setup program.
И Date
In the Date fields, you manuallyset the electronic calendar on the mainboard
only if the values are incorrect.
И Time
Time fields include hour, minutes, seconds, but you can only set the value of
hour and minute. Check and adjust these fields according to your clock or
wrist watch.
И Floppy Drive A and В
In this field you may specify the capacity and format of the floppy drives
installed in your system.
В Hard Disk С: and Hard Disk D:
In these fields, you specify the physical and electronic properties of the
"standard" hard disk drives installed in your system. Relevant specifications
include the number of cylinders and heads, write pre-compensation time,
read/write head landing zone, number of sectors per track.
The BIOS provides 46 predefined types of popular hard disk drives. You
select the appropriate type by scrolling forward/backward using the
<PgUp> and <PgDn> keys. The relevant specifications of the selected
drive will be immediately displayed on the corresponding field positions.
If for some reasons your particular drive is not one of the 46 predefined types,
simply scroll down to select type 47, then use the left <<— > and right <—»
arrow keys to move to the Cyln(Cylinders), Head, WPcom(Write Pre-Com-
pensation),LZone(Landing Zone),and Sec(Sectors) fields and directlykey
in the appropriate values. The Setup program will calculate the capacity of
the drive based on the input cylinder, head and sector numbers and display
the result on the capacity field for your reference.
Refer to Appendix A for the table of hard disk types.
• Primary Display
In the display field, you specify the display adapter installed in your system.
• Keyboard
This setting is used to select "Installed" or "Not Installed" for the keyboard
during the Power On Self Test. Normally, it should be set as "Installed".
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