4.3 Main menu. Asus Striker II Formula, E3611

4.3 Main menu

When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you an overview of the basic system information.

Refer to section 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen for information on the menu screen items and how to navigate through them.

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System Time

System Date

Language

Legacy Diskette A:

15 : 30 : 36

Thu, Oct 30 2007

[English]

[1.44M, 3.5 in.]

Select Menu

Item Specific Help

Change the internal time.

Primary IDE Master

Primary IDE Slave

SATA 1

SATA 2

SATA 3

SATA 4

SATA 5

SATA 6

[None]

[None]

[None]

[None]

[None]

[None]

[None]

[None]

HDD SMART Monitoring [Disabled]

Installed Memory

Usable Memory

System Information

1024MB

1023MB

F1:Help ↑↓ : Select Item -/+: Change Value F5: Setup Defaults

ESC: Exit →← : Select Menu Enter: Select SubMenu F10: Save and Exit

4.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]

Allows you to set the system time.

4.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]

Allows you to set the system date.

4.3.3 Language [English]

Allows you to choose the BIOS language version from the options.

Configuration options: [�nglish] [French] [Deutsch] [Chinese (Trad.)]

[Chinese (Simp.)] [Japanese]

4.3.4 Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]

Sets the type of floppy drive installed.

Configuration options: [Disabled] [720K , 3.5 in.] [1.44M, 3.5 in.]

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4.3.5 Primary IDE Master/Slave

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices.

There is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item then press <Enter> to display the device information.

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Main

Primary IDE Master

PIO Mode

UDMA Mode

Primary IDE Master

Access Mode

Capacity

Cylinder

Head

Sector

Transfer Mode

[Auto]

[Auto]

[Auto]

[Auto]

0 GB

0

0

0

None

Select Menu

Item Specific Help

Set a PIO mode for the

IDE device. Mode0 through 4 successive increase in performance.

F1:Help ↑↓ : Select Item -/+: Change Value F5: Setup Defaults

ESC: Exit →← : Select Menu Enter: Select SubMenu F10: Save and Exit

The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items

(Capacity, Cylinder, Head, Sector and Transfer Mode). These values are not user�configurable. These items show N/A if no ID� device is installed in the system.

PIO Mode [Auto]

Sets the PIO mode for the IDE device.

Configuration options: [Auto] [Mode 0] [Mode 1] [Mode 2] [Mode 3] [Mode 4]

UDMA Mode [Auto]

Disables or sets the UDMA mode. Configuration options: [Disable] [Auto]

Primary IDE Master/Slave [Auto]

Select [Auto] to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive. If automatic detection is successful, the BIOS automatically fills in the correct values for the remaining fields on this sub�menu. If the hard disk was already formatted on a previous system, the setup BIOS may detect incorrect parameters. Select [Manual] to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters. If no drive is installed select

[None]. Configuration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual]

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Access Mode [Auto]

The default [Auto] allows automatic detection of an IDE hard disk drive.

Select [CHS] for this item if you set the IDE Primary Master/Slave to [Manual].

Configuration options: [CHS] [��BA] [��arge] [Auto]

Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, make sure you have the correct configuration information supplied by the drive manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause the system to fail to recognize the installed hard disk.

Capacity

Displays the auto�detected hard disk capacity. This item is not configurable.

Cylinder

Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders. This item is not configurable.

Head

Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not configurable.

Sector

Shows the number of sectors per track. This item is not configurable.

Transfer Mode

Shows the Transfer mode. This item is not configurable.

After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives. This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk. Make sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active.

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4.3.6 SATA 1–6

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of Serial ATA devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each SATA device. Select a device item then press <Enter> to display the SATA device information.

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Main

Extended IDE Drive

Access Mode

Capacity

SATA 1

[Auto]

[Auto]

0 MB

Cylinder

Head

Landing Zone

Sector

0

0

0

0

Select Menu

Item Specific Help

Selects the type of fixed disk connected to the system.

F1:Help ↑↓ : Select Item -/+: Change Value F5: Setup Defaults

ESC: Exit →← : Select Menu Enter: Select SubMenu F10: Save and Exit

The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items

(Capacity, Cylinder, Head, Landing Zone and Sector). These values are not userconfigurable. These items show 0 if no SATA device is installed in the system.

Extended IDE Drive [Auto]

Selects the type of fixed disk connected to the system.

Configuration options: [None] [Auto]

Access Mode [Auto]

Sets the sector addressing mode. Configuration options: [��arge] [Auto]

Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, make sure you have the correct configuration information supplied by the drive manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause the system to fail to recognize the installed hard disk.

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Capacity

Displays the auto�detected hard disk capacity. This item is not configurable.

Cylinder

Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders. This item is not configurable.

Head

Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not configurable.

Landing Zone

Shows the number of landing zone per track. This item is not configurable.

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Sector

Shows the number of sectors per track. This item is not configurable.

After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives. This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk. Make sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active.

4.3.7 HDD SMART Monitoring [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the HDD Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting

Technology (SMART) feature. Configuration options: [Disabled] [�nabled]

4.3.8 Installed Memory [xxx MB]

Shows the size of installed memory.

4.3.9 Usable Memory [xxx MB]

Shows the size of usable memory.

4.3.10 System Informaiton

This menu gives you an overview of the general system specifications. The BIOS automatically detects the items in this menu.

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Main

System Information

BIOS Revision 0201

Select Menu

Item Specific Help

F1:Help ↑↓ : Select Item -/+: Change Value F5: Setup Defaults

ESC: Exit →← : Select Menu Enter: Select SubMenu F10: Save and Exit

BIOS revision

Displays the auto-detected BIOS version.

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