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Type
IDE
Standard
MFM
Non-Standard
MFM
How to Configure
Select Type. Select Auto to let BIOS determine the parameters. Click
on OK when BIOS displays the drive parameters. Select LBA Mode.
Select On if the drive has a capacity greater than 540 MB.
Select Block Mode. Select On to allow block mode data transfers.
Select 32-Bit Mode. Select On to allow 32-bit data transfers. Select
the PIO Mode. It is best to select Auto to allow BIOS to determine the
PIO mode. If you select a PIO mode that is not supported by the IDE
drive. The drive will not work properly. If you are absolutely certain
that you know the drive’s PIO mode. Select PIO mode 0-4, as appro-
priate.
Select Type. You must know the drive parameters. Select the drive
type that exactly matches your drive’s parameters.
Select Type. If the drive parameters do not match the drive parame-
ters listed for drive types 1 - 46. Select User and enter the correct
hard disk drive parameters.
Parameter
Type
Cylinders
Heads
Precompensation
Landing Zone
Sectors
Description
The number for a drive with certain identification parameters.
The number of cylinders in the disk drive.
The number of heads.
The actual physical size of a sector gets progressively smaller as the
track diameter diminishes. Yet each sector must still hold 512 bytes.
Write precompensation circuitry on the hard disk compensates for the
physical difference in sector size by boosting the write current for sec-
tors on inner tracks. This parameter is the track number on the disk
surface where write precompensation begins.
This number is the cylinder location where the heads normally park
when the system is shut down.
The number is the cylinder location where the heads normally park
when the system is shut down.
The formatted capacity of the drive is the number of heads times the
number of cylinders times the number of sectors per track times 512
(bytes per sector).
Entering Drive Parameters
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Standard CMOS Setup
Select the Award BIOS Setup options by choosing Standard Setup from the Award
BIOS. Setup main menu. The Standard CMOS Setup options are described below.
Floppy Drive A: and B:
Move the cursor to these fields and select the floppy type. The setting are 360 KB 5
1/4 inch, 1.2 MB 5 1/4 inch, 720 KB 3 1/2 inch or 2.88 MB 3 1/2 inch.
Primary Master
Primary Slave
Secondary Master
Secondary Slave
Select these options to configure the drive named in the option. Select Auto Detect
IDE to let BIOS automatically configure the drive. A screen with a list of drive parame-
ters appears. Click on OK to configure the drive.
