User manual MATSONIC MS8188E

[. . . ] This publication, including all photographs, illustrations and software, is protected under international copyright laws, with all rights reserved. Neither this manual, nor any of the material contained herein, may be reproduced without written consent of the author. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. [. . . ] Your computer uses this information to initialize all the components when booting up and functions as the basis for coordination between system components. If the Setup Utility configuration is incorrect, it may cause the system to malfunction. It can even stop your computer from booting properly. If this happens, you can use the clear CMOS jumper to clear the CMOS memory used to store the configuration information. You can run the setup utility and manually make changes to the configuration. You might need to do this to configure some of the hardware that you install on or connect to the mainboard, such as the CPU, system memory, disk drives, etc. Running the Setup Utility Each time your computer starts, before the operating system loads, a message appears on the screen that prompts you to "Hit <DEL> if you want to run SETUP". When you see this message, press the Delete key and the Main menu page of the Setup Utility appears on your monitor. AMIBIOS SIMPLE SETUP UTILITY ­ VERSION 1. 21. 13 (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Standard CMOS Setup Advanced Setup Power Management Setup PCI / Plug and Play Setup Load Optimal Settings Load Best Performance Settings Features Setup CPU PnP Setup Hardware Monitor Change Password Exit Esc : Quit : Select Item (Shift)F2 : Change Color F5 : Old Values F6 : Optimal values F7 : Best performance values F10 : Save&Exit Standards COMOS setup for changing time, date, hard disk type, etc. You can use the cursor arrow keys to highlight any of the options on the main menu page. Press Enter to select the highlighted option. To leave the setup utility, press the Escape key. To cycle through the Setup Utility's optional color schemes hold down the Shift key and press F2. Some of the options on the main menu page lead to tables of items with installed values. In these pages, use the cursor arrow keys to highlight the items, and then use the PgUp and PgDn keys to cycle through the alternate values for each of the items. Other options on the main menu page lead to dialog boxes requiring you to answer Yes or No by hitting the Y or N keys. If you have already made changes to the setup utility, press F10 to save those changes and exit the utility. Press F5 to reset the changes to the original values. Press F6 to install the setup utility with a set of default values. Press F7 to install the setup utility with a set of high-performance values. 21 Standard CMOS Setup Page This page sets up basic information such as the date, the time, the IDE devices, and the diskette drives. If you press the F3 key, the system will automatically detect and configure the hard disks on the IDE channels. AMIBIOS SETUP ­ STANDARD CMOS SETUP (C) 2000 American Megatrends, Inc. All Rights Reserved Date (mm/dd/yy) : Wed Aug 20, 2003 Time (hh/mm/ss) : 10:54:38 Type Pri Master : Auto Pri Slave : Auto Sec Master : Auto Sec Slave : Auto LBA Blk PIO 32Bit Size Cyln Head WPcom Sec Mode Mode Mode Mode On On On On Floppy Drive A : 1. 44 MB 3 1/2 Floppy Drive B : Not Installed Month : Jan ­ Dec Day : 01 ­ 31 Year : 1901 ­ 2099 ESC : Exit : Select Item PU/PD/+/- : Modify (Shift)F2 : Color F3 : Detect All HDD Date & Time Pri Master Pri Slave Sec Master Sec Slave Floppy Drive A Floppy Drive B Use these items to set the system date and time Use these items to configure devices connected to the Primary and Secondary IDE channels. To configure an IDE hard disk drive, choose Auto. If the Auto setting fails to find a hard disk drive, set it to User, and then fill in the hard disk characteristics (Size, Cyls, etc. ) manually. [. . . ] Press Enter after you have typed in the password. A second dialog box asks you to retype the password for confirmation. Press Enterafter you have retyped it correctly. The password is then required to access the Setup Utility or for that and at start-up, depending on the setting of the Password Check item in Advanced Setup. 31 Change or Remove the Password Highlight this item, press Enter and type in the current password. [. . . ]