46 PCM-6898 User Manual
If you do not want to select drive type AUTO, other methods of
selecting the drive type are available:
1.NONE- No drive type to be selected
2.Manual-This will allow you to manually set the drive type you
are using in your system. (See Below)
The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal
operating mode of almost all IDE hard drives. When you select
type AUTO for a hard drive, the BIOS detects its specifications
HARD DISKS
The BIOS supports up to four IDE drives. This section does not
show information about other IDE devices, such as a CD-ROM
drive, or about other hard drive types, such as SCSI drives.
NOTE: We recommend that you select type AUTO for all drives.
ACCESS Mode
: Auto, Large, CHS or LBA
- Auto
: The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode.
- CHS
: This allows the user to enter their own hardware
values
- Large
: For drives that do not support LBA and have more
than 1024 cylinders.
- LBA
(Logical Block Addressing): During drive access, the
IDE controller transforms the data address described by
sector, head, and cylinder number into a physical block address,
significantly improving data transfer rates. For drives with greater
than 1024 cylinders.
