Asus A8N5X, User Manual

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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 Capacity Capacity Capacity Capacity
Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. This item is not
configurable.
Cylinder Cylinder
Cylinder Cylinder Cylinder
Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders. This item is not configurable.
H e a d H e a d H e a d H e a d H e a d
Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not
configurable.
Sector Sector
Sector Sector
Sector
Shows the number of sectors per track. This item is not configurable.
Transfer Mode Transfer Mode Transfer Mode Transfer Mode 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.
Access Mode [Auto] Access Mode [Auto]
Access Mode [Auto] Access Mode [Auto]
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] [LBA] [Large] [Auto]