8.4GB (Giga-Bytes).
Large Mode
- doesn’t use LBA function for above mass
capacity hard disk. Large mode is new specifications which
may not be fully supported by all operational systems (MS-
DOS is OK right now, but is uncommon).
*Write Pre-Compensation - The size of a sector gets
progressively smaller as the track diameter diminishes. Yet
each sector must still hold 512 bytes. Write pre-compensation
circuitry on the hard disk compensates for the physical
difference in sector size by boosting the write current sectors
on inner track.
* Landing Zone - The cylinder location where the heads will
normally park when the system is shut down.
* Capacity = (Number of heads) x (Number of cylinders) x
(Number of sectors per track) x (512 Bytes per sector)
3. BIOS SOFTWARE
3-4 BIOS Features Setup
By choosing the “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” option from the
CMOS SETUP UTILITY Menu, the screen below is displayed.
This sample screen contains the manufacturer’s default values for
the motherboard.
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