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BIOS EP-3WXA/4/4Y
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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
IIDE 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
Table 1 Hard disk selections