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Chapter 5 BIOS Setup
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DCA200-N Series
Options Description
NORMAL Specifies traditional CHS addressing mode
LARGE Specifies extended CHS translation mode
LBA Specifies LBA translation mode
AUTO (*) BIOS specifies translation method automatically
5.3.3.5 Cylinders
Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk.
5.3.3.6 Heads
Set the number of read/write heads
5.3.3.7 Precomp
Setting a value of 65535 means disable write precompansation feature.
5.3.3.8 Sectors
Set the number of sectors per track
5.3.4 Drive A / Drive B
This field specifies the type of floppy drives.
Options Description
N o n e No floppy drive is connected
(*Drive B default)
360K, 5.25 in. A 360K floppy drive is connected
1.2M, 5.25 in. A 1.2M floppy drive is connected
720K, 3.5 in. A 720K floppy drive is connected
1.44M, 3.5 in. A 1.44M floppy drive is connected
(*Drive A default)
2.88M, 3.5 in. A 2.88M floppy drive is connected
5.3.5 Floppy 3 Mode Support
3 Mode floppy drive is a type of 3.5-inch drive used by NEC PC98 computers.
It supports both 1.2M and 1.44M formats using the same drive. This field
specifies which drive supports 3 Mode. When a floppy drive is specified to
support 3 Mode, the respective drive setting in “Drive A / Drive B” field will be
invalid.
Options Description
Disabled (*) No 3 Mode drive is connected
Drive A A 3 Mode drive is connected as drive A
Drive B A 3 Mode drive is connected as drive B
B o t h Both drive A and drive B are 3 Mode drives
5.3.6 Video
This field specifies the type of the graphics adapters used by the primary
system monitor.