Gateway ALR 9250R, User Manual

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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup 83
Primary master and slave submenu
In the table below, the features other than “Type” appear only for Type
Auto, if a drive is detected.
Primary Master and Slave Submenu Fields
Field Options Description
Type Auto
None
CD-ROM
IDE Removable
ATAPI Removable
User Auto allows the system to attempt autodetection
of the drive type.
None informs the system to ignore this drive.
CD-ROM allows the manual entry of fields
described below.
User allows the manual entry of all fields
described below.
Cylinders 1 to 2048 Number of Cylinders on Drive.
This field is changeable only for Type User.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
Heads 1 to 16 Number of read/write heads on drive.
This field is available only for Type User.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
Sectors 1 to 64 Number of sectors per track.
This field is available only for Type User.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
Maximum
Capacity N/A Computed size of drive from cylinders, heads,
and sectors entered.
This field is available only for Type User.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
Multi-Sector
Transfers Disabled
2, 4, 8, or 16 sectors Determines the number of sectors per block for
multisector transfers.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
LBA Mode
Control Disabled
Enabled Enabling LBA causes logical block addressing to
be used in place of cylinders, heads, and sectors.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
32 Bit I/O Disabled
Enabled Enabling allows 32-bit IDE data transfers.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
Transfer Mode Standard
Fast PIO 1
Fast PIO 2
Fast PIO 3
Fast PIO 4 Selects the method for moving data to and from
the drive.
This field is strictly informational for Type Auto.
Ultra DMA Disabled
Enabled For use with Ultra DMA drives.
This field is strictly information for Type Auto.
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