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Table 15. Overview of the Setup Menu Screens (continued)
Setup Subscreen Description
Floppy Options Configure diskette drives.
IDE Device Configuration Configure IDE devices such as hard disk drives.
Boot Options Modify options that affect the system boot up, such as the boot sequence.
Peripheral Configuration Modify options that affect the serial ports, the parallel port, and the disk drive
interfaces.
Advanced Chipset
Configuration
Modify options that affect memory and system buses.
Power Management
Configuration
Access and modify APM options.
Plug and Play
Configuration
Modify options that affect the system’s Plug and Play capabilities.
Event Logging
Configuration
Access and modify event logging options.
3.15.2 Main BIOS Setup Screen
This section describes the Setup options found on the main menu screen. If you select certain
options from the main screen (e.g., Hard Disk), Setup switches to a subscreen for the selected
option.
3.15.2.1 System Date
Specifies the current date. Select the month from a pop-up menu.
3.15.2.2 System Time
Specifies the current time.
3.15.2.3 Floppy Options
When selected, this displays the Floppy Options menu.
3.15.2.4 Primary IDE Master
Reports if an IDE device is connected to the Primary IDE master interface. When selected, this
displays the IDE Device Configuration subscreen.
3.15.2.5 Primary IDE Slave
Reports if an IDE device is connected to the Primary IDE slave interface. When selected, this
displays the IDE Device Configuration subscreen.
3.15.2.6 Secondary IDE Master
Reports if an IDE device is connected to the Secondary IDE master interface. When selected, this
displays the IDE Device Configuration subscreen.