Acnodes FPC 8084 User Manual

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FPC 8084 User s Manual

Date

The date format is <day>, <date> <month> <year>.

Press <F3> to

show the calendar.

day

The day of week, from Sun to Sat, determined by the

BIOS, is read only

date

The date, from 1 to 31 (or the maximum allowed in the

Month), can key in the numerical / function key

month

The month, Jan through Dec.

year

The year, depends on the year of BIOS

Time

The time format is <hour> <minute> <second> accepting either function
key or numerical key. The time is calculated based on the 24-hour
military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00.

IDE Primary Master / Primary Slave / Secondary Master /

Secondary Slave

This category identifies the type of the channel that is installed in the
computer. There are 45 predefined types and 2 user definable types for
Enhanced IDE BIOS.

Type 1 to Type 45 are predefined. Type User is

user-definable.
Press <PgUp>/<+> or <PgDn>/< > to select a numbered hard disk type
or type the number and press <Enter>.

Note that the specifications of

the drive in the system must match with the drive table.

The hard disk

will not work properly if the improper information within this category is
entered.

If the disk drive type does not match or is not listed, the Type

User is used to define the drive type manually.
If the Type User is selected, related information has to be entered.
Enter the information directly from the keyboard and press <Enter>.
This information should be provided in the documentation from the hard
disk vendor or the system manufacturer.
If the controller of HDD interface is ESDI, select “Type 1”. If
the controller of HDD interface is SCSI, select “None”.
If the controller of HDD interface is CD-ROM, select “None”.

CYLS.

number of
cylinders

LANDZONE

landing zone

HEADS

number of heads

SECTORS

number of

sectors

PRECOMP

write precom

MODE

HDD access

mode

If there is no hard disk drive installed, select NONE and press <Enter>.

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