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Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup
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IDE CHANNEL 0/2/3 Master:
IDE CHANNEL 0/2/3 Slave:
The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating
mode of almost all SATA hard drives. When you select type AUTO for a
hard drive, the BIOS detect its specifications during POST, every time system
boots.
If you do not want to select drive type AUTO, other methods of selecting
drive type are available:
1. Match the specifications of your installed SATA hard drive(s) with
the preprogrammed values for hard drive types 1 through 45.
2. Select USER and enter values into each drive parameter field.
3. Use the SATA HDD AUTO DETECTION function in Setup.
Here is a brief explanation of drive specifications:
Type: The BIOS contains a table of pre-defined drive types. Each
defined drive type has a specified number of cylinders, number of heads,
write precompensation factor, landing zone, and number of sectors.
Drives whose specifications do not accommodate any predefine type are
classified as type USER.
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Size: Disk drive capacity (approximate). Note that this size is usually
greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking
program.
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Cyls: number of cylinders.
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Head: number of heads.
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Precomp: write precompensation cylinders.
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Landz: landing zone.
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Sector: number of sectors.
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Mode: Auto, Normal, Large or LBA.
Auto: The BIOS automatically determines the optimal mode.
ƒ Normal: Maximum number of cylinders, heads, sectors
supported are 1024, 16 and 63.
ƒ Large: For drives that do not support LBA and have more
than 1024 cylinders.