Contec PC-686CPCI-LV, User Manual

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CHAPTER 6 - BIOS SETUP
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Item Options Description
Halt On
All Errors
No Errors
All, but Keyboard
All, but Diskette
All, but Disk/Key
Select the situation in which you
want the BIOS to stop the POST
process and notify you
Base Memory N/A
Displays the amount of
conventional memory detected
during boot up
Extended Memory N/A
Displays the amount of extended
memory detected during boot up
Total Memory N/A
Displays the total memory
available in the system
IDE Adapters
The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure
each hard disk drive.
Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use
Table 3 to configure the hard disk.
Item Options Description
IDE HDD Auto-
detection
Press Enter
Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on this
channel. If detection is successful, it fills the
remaining fields on this menu.
IDE Primary Master
None
Auto
Manual
Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the remaining fields
on this screen. Selects the type of fixed disk.
"User Type" will let you select the number of
cylinders, heads, etc. Note: PRECOMP=65535
means NONE !
Capacity
Auto Display your disk
drive size
Disk drive capacity (Approximated). Note that
this size is usually slightly greater than the size of
a formatted disk given by a disk checking
program.
Access Mode
Normal
LBA
Large
Auto
Choose the access mode for this hard disk
The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Primary Master’ item is set to ‘Manual’
Cylinder
Min = 0
Max = 65535
Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk.
Head
Min = 0
Max = 255
Set the number of read/write heads
Precomp
Min = 0
Max = 65535
**** Warning : Setting a value of 65535 means no
hard disk
Landing zone
Min = 0
Max = 65535
****
Sector
Min = 0
Max = 255
Number of sectors per track