Chapter 5 BIOS Setup
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WA133 Series
5.3.3.4 Access Mode
This field specifies the IDE translation mode.
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
None (*)
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 Video
This field specifies the type of the graphics adapters used by the primary system monitor.
Options
Description
EGA/VGA (*)
Specifies EGA or VGA adapter
CGA 40
Specifies CGA adapter with 40 column mode
CGA 80
Specifies CGA adapter with 80 column mode
MONO
Specifies Monochrome adapter
5.3.6 Halt On
This field determines how the system reacts to errors once detected.
Options
Description
All Errors (*)
Each time the BIOS detects a non-fatal error, the system
will stop and display an error message
No Errors
The system will not stop for any errors that are detected
All, But Keyboard
The system will stop for any errors except keyboard
error