6. BIOS Setup
SPI-8150-LVA, SPI-8151-LVA
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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
CHS
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
