Supermicro 440LX, Reference Manual

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Chapter 2: Running Setup
2-1
Chapter 2
Running Setup*
*Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings are bolded in text unless
otherwise noted.
The WinBIOS Setup options described in this section are selected
by choosing the appropriate high-level icon from the Standard Setup
screen. All displayed icons are described in this section, although
the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set
the option.
2-1 Setup
2-1-1 Standard Setup
Pri Master
Pri Slave
Sec Master
Sec Slave
Choose these icons to configure the hard disk drive. When you
click on an icon, the following parameters are listed: Type, LBA/
Large Mode, Block Mode, 32Bit Mode, and PIO Mode. All param-
eters relate to IDE drives except Type.
If the hard disk drive to be configured is an IDE drive, select the
appropriate drive icon, choose the Type parameter and select
Auto. The BIOS will automatically detect the IDE drive parameters
and display them. Click on the OK button to accept these param-
eters.
Click on LBA/Large Mode and choose On to enable support for
IDE drives with capacities greater than 528MB. Click on Block
Mode and choose On to support IDE drives that use Block Mode.
Click on 32Bit Mode and click on On to support IDE drives that
permit 32-bit accesses.
To configure an old MFM hard disk drive, you must know the drive
parameters (number of heads, number of cylinders, number of
sectors, the starting write precompensation cylinder, and drive
capacity). Select the hard disk drive type (1-46). Refer to table
below.