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nVIDIA N68PV/N68S/N68PVNT User Manual
IDE HDD Auto-Detection
This item allows you to detect the parameters of IDE drives by pressing <Enter> key. The
parameters will be shown on the screen automatically.
IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave,SATA Channel 1~4
When set to [Auto], the BIOS will automatically check what kind of IDE or SATA hard
drive you are using. If you want to define your own drive yourself, set it to [Manual] and
make sure you fully understand the meaning of the parameters. Please refer to the
instruction manual provided by the device’s manufacturer to get the setting right.
Access Mode
This item selects the mode to access your IDE or SATA devices. Leave this item at its
default [Auto] setting to detect the access mode of your HDD automatically.
Capacity
This item displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive. Usually the size is slightly
greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program.
Cylinder
This item configures the numbers of cylinders.
Head
This item configures the numbers of read/write heads.
Precomp
This item displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing.
Landing Zone
This item displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read/write
heads.
Sector
This item configures the numbers of sectors per track.
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Drive A & Drive B
This item sets the type of floppy drives (usually only Drive A) installed.
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Halt On
This item determines whether the system stops if an error is detected during system
boot-up.
[All Errors]:
The system-boot will stop whenever the BIOS detect a non-fatal error.
[No Errors]:
The system-boot will not stop for any error detected.
[All, But Keyboard]:
The system-boot will stop for all errors except a keyboard error.
[All, But Diskette]:
The system-boot will stop for all errors except a diskette error.
[All, But Disk/Key]:
The system-boot will stop for all errors except a diskette or
keyboard error.
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Base Memory
This item displays the amount of base memory installed in the system. The value of the
base memory is typically 640K for systems with 640K or more memory size installed on
the mainboard.
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Extended Memory
This item displays the amount of extended memory detected during system boot-up.
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Total Memory
This item displays the total memory available in the system.
