BIOS Setup Information
WADE-8041 User’s Manual
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4.4
IDE Adaptors Setup Menu
The IDE adapters control the IDE devices, such as hard disk drive or CD-ROM drive.
It uses a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk drive.
Phoenix- AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
IDE Primary/Secondary Master (&Slave)
Item Help
IDE HDD Auto-Detection
[Press Enter]
IDE Channel 0 Master
[Auto]
Access Mode
[Auto]
Capacity 0
MB
Cylinder 0
Head 0
Precomp 0
Landing Zone
0
Sector 0
Menu Level
f
To atuo-detect the HDD’s
size, head … on this
channel
↑↓→←
: Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10: Save ESC: Exit F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values F6: Fail-Safe Defaults F7: Optimized Defaults
Note:
The oblique items are meaning base on what kind of storage device user employs.
Menu Selections
Item
Options
Description
IDE HDD
Auto-detection
Press Enter
Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on this
channel. If detection is successful, it fills
the remaining fields on this menu.
IDE Primary/
Secondary
Master or Slave
None
Auto
Manual
Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the
remaining fields on this screen. Selects the
type of fixed disk. "User Type" will let you
select the number of cylinders, heads, etc.
Note: PRECOMP=65535 means NONE !
Access Mode
CHS, LBA
Large, Auto
Choose the access mode for this hard disk
Capacity
Auto Display your
disk drive size
Disk drive capacity (Approximated). Note
that this size is usually slightly greater than
the size of a formatted disk given by a disk
checking program.
The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Primary Master’ item is set to
‘Manual’
Cylinder
Min=0, Max=65535 Set the number of cylinders for hard disk
Head
Min=0, Max=255
Set the number of read/write heads
