User manual ASUS P8H61-I

[. . . ] The author assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this document nor does the author make a commitment to update the information contained herein. Mother Board 8S648FX-RZ Motherboard 8S648FX-RZ Mar. 20, 2004 Preparing Your Computer Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer. Unplug your computer when working on the inside. [. . . ] The day, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the month) The year, from 1999 through 2098 Time The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military-time clock. is 13:00:00. IDE Primary Master, Slave / IDE Secondary Master, Slave The category identifies the types of hard disk from drive C to F that has been installed in the computer. There are two types: auto type, and manual type. Manual type is user-definable; Auto type which will automatically detect HDD type. Note that the specifications of your drive must match with the drive table. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter improper information for this category. If you select User Type, related information will be asked to enter to the following items. Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>. Such information should be provided in the documentation form your hard disk vendor or the system manufacturer. Cylinder Number of cylinders Head Number of heads Precomp Write precomp Landing Zone Landing zone Sector Number of sectors If a hard disk has not been installed, select NONE and press <Enter>. - 21 - BIOS Setup English Drive A / Drive B The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the computer. Select your boot device priority by LAN. Select your boot device priority by Disabled. Boot Up Floppy Seek During POST, BIOS will determine the floppy disk drive installed is 40 or 80 tracks. 360K type is 40 tracks 720K, 1. 2M and 1. 44M are all 80 tracks. Enabled BIOS searches for floppy disk drive to determine it is 40 or 80 tracks. Note that BIOS can not tell from 720K, 1. 2M or 1. 44M drive type as they are all 80 tracks. Disabled BIOS will not search for the type of floppy disk drive by track number. Note that there will not be any warning message if the drive installed is 360K. (Default value) Password Check System Setup The system can not boot and can not access to Setup page will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. The system will boot, but access to Setup will be denied if the correct password is not entered at the prompt. (Default value) - 23 - BIOS Setup English CPU Hyper-Threading Enabled Disabled Enables CPU Hyper Threading Feature. Please note that this feature is only working for operating system with multi processors mode supported. [. . . ] Click each item to install the driver manually or switch to the to install the drivers automatically. The "Xpress Install" uses the"Click and Go" technology to install the drivers automatically. Just select the drivers you want then click the "GO" button. The will execute the installation for you by itself. We recommend that you install all components in the list. Massage: Some device drivers will restart your system automatically. After restarting your system the "Xpress Install" will continue to install other drivers. Click "GO". - 35 - Driver Installation English Driver install finished!! [. . . ]