H8DCE User's Manual 4-2 Main Menu When you fi rst enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, you will see the Main Menu screen. You can always return to the Main Menu by selecting the Main tab on the top of the screen with the arrow keys. The Main Menu screen provides you with a system overview, which includes the version, built date and ID of the AMIBIOS, the type, speed and number of the pro- cessors in the system and the amount of memory installed in the system. System Time/System Date You can edit this fi eld to change the system time and date. Highlight System Time or System Date using the keys. Enter new values through the keyboard. Press the key or the keys to move between fi elds.
The date must be entered in DAY/MM/DD/YYYY format. The time is entered in HH:MM:SS format. Please note that time is in a 24-hour format. For example, 5:30 A.M. appears as 05:30:00 and 5:30 P.M. as 17:30:00. 4-3 Advanced Settings Menu CPU Confi guration Sub-Menu GART Error Reporting This setting is used for testing only. MTRR Mapping This determines the method used for programming CPU MTRRs when 4 GB or more memory is present. The options are Continuous, which makes the PCI hole non- cacheable, and Discrete , which places the PCI hole below the 4 GB boundary. IDE Confi guration Onboard PCI IDE Controller The following options are available to set the IDE controller status:
Disabled will dis- able the controller. Primary will enable the primary IDE controller only. Secondary will enable the secondary IDE controller only. Both will enable both the primary and the secondary IDE controllers. The six controllers listed are for two dual-channel IDE and eight SATA devices. 4-2