VIA 693A ATX
MAINBOARD
AWARD BIOS SETUP
4-22
4.13
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
ROM PCI / ISA BIOS (2A69LGXXX)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
STANDARD CMOS SETUP
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
USER PASSWORD
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
SAVE & EXIT SETUP
INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
EXIT WITHOUT SAVING
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS
ESC : Quit
↑↓→←
: Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup
(Shift)F2 : Change Color
Time, Date, Hard Disk Type ...
There are so many different types of Hard Disk Drive (HDD) in the market and your PC
system will not know the HDD type unless you tell it the HDD type. In order to make
your PC system know the IDE HDD type, you have to tell the system what kind of
HDD is connected to the mainboard by giving a set of HDD parameters. Sometimes it is
not easy for users to find the proper parameters for their IDE HDD. In order to help
users to find the parameters, the system BIOS provides a convent way – the auto
detection of IDE HDD.
To run the auto detection program is extremely easy. Move the selection bar to “IDE
HDD AUTO DETECTION” and then press “Enter”, the system BIOS take over the job
and try to detect the type of IDE HDD. If it succeeds, you will see a list of hard disk
with its related parameters displayed on the screen. You may press on the “Y” key to
confirm the HDD type (or select one of the hard disk type listed on the screen ). The
system BIOS will "read" the parameters into the CMOS memory and you have
completed the IDE HDD setup.
