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BIOS EP-BX6
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4-10 IDE HDD Auto Detection
The “IDE HDD auto detection” utility is a very useful tool, especially when you
do not know which kind of hard disk type you are using. You can use this utility to
detect the correct disk type installed in the system automatically. But now you
can set HARD DISK TYPE to Auto in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP. You don’t
need the “IIDE HDD AUTO DETECTION” utility. The BIOS will Auto-detect the
hard disk size and model on display during POST.
Figure 8: IDE HDD Auto Detection
NOTE: HDD Modes
The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes : NORMAL, LBA & LARGE NORMAL
mode
Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make
any transformations during accessing.
The maximum number of cylinders, head & sectors for NORMAL mode are.
1024, 16 & 63
no. Cylinder
(1024)
x no. Head ( 16)
x no. Sector ( 63)
x no. per sector ( 512)
528 Megabytes
HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE
Primary Master :
Select Secondary Slave Option (N=Skip) : N
OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
2 (Y) 4310 524 255 0 14847 63 LBA
1 4310 14848 9 65535 14847 63 NORMAL
3 4310 928 144 65535 14847 63 LARGE
N o t e : S o m e O S e s ( l i k e S C O - U N I X ) m u s t u s e N O R M A L f o r i n s t a l l a t i o n
ESC : Skip
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A69KPAI)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.