3-14 Configuring the System
Advanced Menu Items
Menu Item
Settings (default is bold) and Description
Hard Disk Pre-Delay
Disabled, 3 seconds, 6 seconds,
9 seconds, 12 seconds, 15 seconds,
21 seconds, 30 seconds
The hard disk pre-delay gives the hard drive time to
spin up before the system boots. Set a hard disk pre-
delay if your hard drive needs more time to spin up.
Primary IDE Master
Primary IDE Slave
Secondary IDE Master
Secondary IDE Slave
Device type, None
Device type, None
Device type, None
Device type, None
Each device menu item displays the Hard drive or
CD-ROM identifier if a device is installed.
If you install a hard drive that does not feature auto
IDE type detection or your IDE hard drive was
formatted on another system with parameters
different from those reported by the drive, enter a
parameter for each of the fields in the device
submenu.
Bring up device submenu by pressing Enter.
Type
None, CD-ROM, IDE Removable, User,
ATAPI Removable, Auto
Defaults to Disabled and changes at boot time based
on auto-detection. When set to Auto, the values for
Cylinders, Heads, Sectors, and Maximum Capacity
are displayed but are read only.
When set to Auto, the BIOS detects what the drive is
capable of, not the translation mechanism that was
used to format the drive. If a drive is run in a mode
other than the mode in which it was partitioned and
formatted, unpredictable results may occur, including
data loss.
Cylinders
When Type is Auto, value in the Cylinders field is
auto-detected and field is read only.