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BIOS EP-MVP3G-M/2/5
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4-9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 4-9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 4-9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 4-9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION 4-9 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 do not need the "IDE
HDD AUTO DETECTION" utility. The BIOS will Auto-detect the hard disk size and
model on display during POST.
NOTE: HDD Modes
The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes : NORMAL, LBA and LARGE
NORMAL mode.
Generic access mode that is neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make
transformations during accessing.
The maximum nunbers of cylinders, head & sectors for NORMAL mode are 1024,
16 and 63.
no. Cyclinder (1024)
x no. Head ( 16)
x no. Sector ( 63)
x no. per sector ( 512)
528 Megabytes
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LEPAE)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
Figure 4-9 IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE
Primary Master : 343 665 16 65535 664 63 NORMAL
Primary Slave :
Secondary Master :
Secondary Slave :
Select Secondary Slave Option (N=Skip) : N
OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
1 (Y) 0 0 0 0 0 0 NORMAL
ESC : Skip