The following settings identify the type of EIDE devices installed in the computer:
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Auto
(use this setting for all EIDE devices from Dell)
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Off
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User 1
or
User 2
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A specific drive-type number
To choose a setting for each option, press <Enter> to access the field's pop-up settings menu. Then type characters from the keyboard or press
the left- or right-arrow key to cycle through the settings.
A
drive-type number
specifies the parameters of a hard-disk drive, based on a table recorded in the system's basic input/output system (BIOS).
If You Have a Problem
If the system generates a drive error message the first time you boot your system after you install an EIDE drive, it may mean that your particular
drive does not work with the automatic drive-type detect feature. If you suspect that your problem is related to drive type, try entering your drive-type
information in one of the following ways:
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If you know the drive-type number
Use the drive-type number you found in the documentation that came with the drive, or if the drive was installed by Dell when you
purchased your system, access the Manufacturing Test
Report from the
Dell Accessories
folder.
To set the drive-type number in System Setup, highlight the appropriate drive option (
Primary Drive 0
or
Primary Drive 1
) and type
the correct drive-type number. If you prefer, you can press the right- or left-arrow key to increase or decrease, respectively, the drive-
type number until the correct one is displayed.
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If you do not know the drive-type number
The
Drive 0
and
Drive 1
options display the following parameters for each drive:
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Drive Type
is the drive-type number for the selected hard-disk drive.
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Capacity
(automatically calculated by the system) indicates the number of millions of bytes of storage provided by the drive.
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Cylinders
is the number of logical cylinders.
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Heads
indicates the number of logical heads in the drive.
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Sectors
is the number of logical sectors per track.
If none of the supported drive types match the parameters of your new drive, you can enter your own parameters. To do so, highlight the
Drive 0
option and type
u
to display
User 1
. You can then press the right- or left-arrow key to switch between the
User 1
and
User 2
settings (only two
user-defined drive types are allowed). Then press <Tab> to highlight each of the parameter fields in succession, and enter the appropriate number
for each field.
Primary Video Controller
Primary Video Controller
determines whether the system looks for a video card in a PCI slot during the boot routine. When
Auto
is selected, the
system uses any PCI video card it finds during the boot routine. If no PCI video card is found, the system uses the video card in the accelerated
graphics port (AGP) slot. When
AGP
is selected, the system uses the video card in the AGP slot and ignores any video cards installed in PCI
slots.
Remote Wake Up
Remote Wake Up
allows you to set the Remote Wake Up feature to
On
or
Off
. You must reboot your system before a change takes effect.
Report Keyboard Errors
Report Keyboard Errors
enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the power-on self-test (POST), which is a series of tests that
interface.
NOTE: Operating systems that bypass the system BIOS may not obtain optimum hard-disk drive performance.
NOTE: You can use the
User 1
and
User 2
drive types for both the
Primary
and
Secondary Drive 0
and
Drive 1
options. However, if
you select the
User 1
or
User 2
drive type, you may not obtain optimum hard-disk drive performance. Also, you cannot use the
User 1
and
User 2
drive types for hard-disk drives with a storage capacity that is greater than 528 megabytes (MB).
