HP Vectra VEi8 - BIOS Main Menu Options

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3 BIOS Overview
Award BIOS
Main Menu
The Main Menu presents basic system information such as:
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Date. Change the PC’s date settings.
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Time. Change the time settings in the PC’s internal clock.
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BIOS Version. Displays the BIOS version installed. This field is not
selectable; there is no help associated with it.
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Drive A. Select the floppy drive type.
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Drive B. Select the floppy drive type.
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Floppy 3 Mode Support. Select 3 mode floppy capability. This is for
high-capacity floppy drives.
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Primary Master. Displays the Primary IDE master device. Press the
Enter key to view or modify settings for the installed IDE device.
You can for example set the BIOS to auto-detect and configure the
device, or select
Manual in the Type submenu to change parameters
such as the number of cylinders, number of heads, number of
sectors, access mode, PIO mode and Ultra DMA mode, where
applicable. You can also disable the device by selecting
None in the
Type submenu.
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Primary Slave. Displays the Primary IDE Slave device, if one is
installed. Press the
Enter key to view or modify settings for the
installed IDE device. See Primary Master above for details of how
to view or change the device configuration.
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Secondary Master. Displays the Secondary IDE Master device, if
one is installed. Press the
Enter key to view or modify settings for
the installed IDE device. See Primary Master above for details of
how to view or change the device configuration.
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Secondary Slave. Displays the Secondary IDE Slave device, if one is
installed. Press the
Enter key to view or modify settings for the
installed IDE device. See Primary Master above for details of how
to view or change the device configuration.
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Keyboard Features. Select keyboard options such as NumLock and
Keyboard Auto-Repeat Rate.