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Chapter 4 Award BIOS Setup
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IDE Channel 0 Master / Slave:
IDE Channel 1 Master / Slave:
The BIOS can automatically detect the specifications and optimal operating
mode of almost all IDE hard drives. When you select "AUTO" for a hard
drive, the BIOS will detect it's specifications during POST every time system
boots.
If you do not want to select "AUTO", select drive type will be the next choice:
1. Match the specifications of your installed IDE 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 IDE 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.
ƒ LBA (Logical Block Addressing): During drive accesses, the