Master and Slave Settings

In BIOS, you can see all hardware settings needed to a certain unit to make it functionable. Master and Slave Properties of the devices are so important to the hard disk and IDE’s.

You will need to shutdown first your PC before you connect a hard disk to your IDE’s. Unable to do so will make your veins in shock! In short… makukuryente ka! LOL! Once you plug it in, follow the proceeding procedures.

• The black is the master. The master means that this the first one read by the pc once it starts.
• The grey one is the slave. Meaning, it is the secondary IDE Channel that can be read as removable device only.
• While the blue one must be plug into the motherboard slot to generate some BIOS Settings pertaining to this IDE’s.

The IDE next slot in a CD-ROM is its power connector. You need the power to make device readable.

BIOS Settings: Phoenix brand

You can set the Boot Priority of the hard drives by using the BIOS.

1. Open your PC. Press Delete key many times.
2. Go to Advanced BIOS Features.
3. Select Hard Disk Priority and press Enter
4. Select the brand you want to master or slave.
5. Esc thrice.
6. Press Y save settings and to restart the pc.

The Standard CMOS will list all the plug-in devices specially the hard drive while the Advance BIOS Features will set the prioritized device at startup.

How to Reformat my PC?

Reformmatting a pc is the most common solutions for all kinds of undetectable pc errors. Sometimes, when a pc expert has no any other idea in a specific error of the system, this process is the only one procedure that can saved your pc from those errors, corrupt system files and nasty viruses. But how to reformat a pc. Ok, let’s start.

Before you reformat your pc.

• You must first backup your files. Use NERO to make ISO (Image Files) or burn them into your blank CD/DVD’s.
• If your files is partitioned (divided into two ot more hard disk), much better. We will going to reformat your Drive C: only.

To reformat your pc.

PART 1-BIOS SETTINGS

1. Insert your Operating System CD in your CD/DVD-ROM
2. Restart your computer.
3. Press Delete key many times
4. The BIOS/CMOS Setup Utility Interface will appear. (Brand: PHOENIX)
5. Select Advanced BIOS Features
6. Look for First Boot Device. This makes the CDROm to be first read by the system at boot-up
   
7. Press Enter and set it to CD-ROm
8. Press Esc twice.
9. Press Y to save settings and exit. This will automatically restart your system. It’s Ok!

PART-2 – PARTITION MANAGEMENT

( FOR WINDOWS XP SP2 OS )

1. After boot-up, the system will prompt you… Press Enter to Boot CD. If the CD is not an OS, the system will prompts invalid boot CD and restart the system. So please insert the right disk before you restart yout system.
2. Upon pressing Enter key, the system will boot the contents of the OS. wait till the extraction and processing has finished.
3. After extraction, the system will prompts you to set what you gonna do. You have 4 selections; It’s either Repair the system (R) , Install Setup (Enter); Create Partition (C) or Delete Partition (D) .
4. Before you delete the partition, copy all the size of the original drive C in Kb to your notebook because we will use this later.
   
5. First thing to do Delete the partition. The Letters under the parenthesis denotes that it is the key to press to create such an action. Now select the drive you want todeleter and press D.
6. Now it will prompt you that are you really want to delete this partition. Because once you press Yes it will denotes that you want to delete all your files on that drive. Just press Yes or Enter. Then press L to confirm finally.
   
7. Now that you delete the partition, unpartitoned space has been created. To create partition, press C. Then you will see that the a size is needed to continue the partition. Type the size you write on your notebook and press Enter.
8. If you have a drive D already, just dont delete key. Just press Enter to the new Drive C you created.
9. If you experience a serious system crash from corrupt files, select Format Partition using NTFS (Not Fast! Ahmmm.. something like that. LOL!)
10. The format will finished at pc restart and bootup.

PART-3 – OS INSTALLATION

( FOR WINDOWS XP SP2 OS )

1. Once the pc restart, you will wont need to press Enter to bootup the CD. It will automatically bootup by itself.
2. If the installation has prompt you, these are what you gonna do. First, type your Fullname, organization, PC Name and set Time. After that wait if you will prompt you for a serial number. Like every other software, serial number or product key is important to make sure that your operating system can be used for a lifetime basis and not a 30-60 days trial version only.
3. After that…
4. HURRAY!!!… My Pc has successfuly reformated. No viruses, no any other corrupted files. All looks new and you will need to re-install your software in order to use your daily needs in your pc.

Just a little bit of advice. In partitioning, think twice before you make a certain move. Coz one click only, can delete all your files. Thank you…

PC No Connectivity… BIOS Settings

When a no connectivity occurs on a certain unit, there’s a lot of reason that brought it through. Maybe…

The LAN CARD has corrupted. Check the device manager.

• Start Menu-> My Computer-> Right-click -> Properties -> Harware Tab -> Device Manager -> Check for your Network Adapters -> Right-click – > Update Driver

Try to repair the connection

• Start Menu->Run-> type control panel -> press Switch to Classic View -> Network Connections -> Local Area Connection -> Right-click -> Repair

Make sure the IP Properties is Obtain ip address automatically.

• Start Menu->Run-> type control panel -> press Switch to Classic View -> Network Connections -> Local Area Connection -> Right-click -> Properties -> Internet Protocol -> General
  

Make sure that SSL and TSL settings are checked.

• For FIREFOX 3.0 – Tools -> Options -> Advances -> Encryption -> Protocols

• For IE 6.0 - Internet Options -> Advanced -> Scroll down – > look for Security

But if all this settings failed, you must proceed to the BIOS.

Here’s what you gonna do.

1. Restart your PC.
2. Press Delete Key many times.
3. The BIOS/CMOS Setup Utility Interface will appear. (Brand: PHOENIX)
   
4. Go to Standard CMOS Features
5. Search for Integrated Peripherals
6. Select On-chip Device Function
7. Go to Mac Lan Properties by pressing Enter and make it AUTO.
8. Then press Esc twice.
9. Look for Power Management Setup.
10. Look if the Wake up PCI/LAN/PCIE PME is Enabled. If it is Disabled, just press Enter and select Enable.
11. Press Esc again thrice.
12. Press Y to save your current settings and restart your computer.

Take note the BIOS Settings is very dangerous. It can make your system crash. You must be an experience user (mostly IT Specialist, Networking Staff or Computer Technician) before using it. In addition, all various bios settings depends on the brand it takes. I use PHOENIX.