Partner PT-8800, User Manual

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Standard CMOS Features 23
recording, in which the disk spins at a constant speed, the sectors closest to the spindle are packed tighter than
the outer sectors.
• Landing Zone – displays the location of the safe non-data area on a hard disk that is used for parking the read/
write head.
• Sector – displays the number of sectors available on the HDD. A sector is the smallest unit of storage space on
a disk.
Access Mode
This item defines special ways that can be used to access IDE hard disks such as LBA (Large Block Addressing).
Leave this value at
Auto and the system will automatically decide the fastest way to access the hard disk drive.
Press <Esc > to close the IDE device menu and return to the Standard CMOS Features menu.
Video (EGA/VGA)
This item defines the video mode of the system. This mainboard has a built-in VGA graphics system; you must leave
this item at the default setting.
Halt On (All, But Keyboard)
This item defines the operation of the system POST (Power On Self Test) routine. You can use this item to select which
types of errors in the POST are sufficient to halt the system.
Base Memory, Extended Memory, and Total Memory
These items are automatically detected by the system at start up time. These are display-only fields. You cannot make
changes to these fields.
• Base Memory – This field displays the amount of conventional memory detected by the system during boot.
• Extended Memory – This field displays the amount of extended memory detected by the system during boot.
• Total Memory – This field displays the total amount of memory (Base and Extended) detected by the system
during boot.
Press <Esc> to return to the main menu.