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mode of almost all IDE hard disk drives. When you select type auto for a
hard disk drive, the BIOS detects its specifications during POST, every time
the system boots.
Here is a brief explanation of drive specification Access Mode : [Auto]
[Normal] [Large] [LBA].
z
[
Auto
] : The BIOS automatically determines the optional mode.
z
[
Normal
] : Maximum number of cylinders, heads, and sectors supports
are 1024, 16, and 63.
z
[
Large
] : For drives that do not support LBA and have more than 1024
cylinders.
z
[
LBA
] (Logical Block Addressing) : During accesses, the IDE controller
transforms the data address described by sector, head, and cylinder num-
ber into a physical block address, significantly improving data transfer
rates. For drives with greater than 1024 cylinders.
Floppy Drive
These fields record the type of floppy disk drives installed in your system.
To enter the configuration value for a particular drive, highlight its correspond-
ing field and then select the drive type using <
PgUp
> or <
PgDn
> key.
Floppy 3 Mode is the Japanese standard floppy drive. The standard stores
1.2MB in a 3.5” diskette
The available options for Drive A / Drive B are : [360K, 5.25in] [ 1.2M, 5.25in]
[720K, 3.5in] [1.44M, 3.5in] [2.88M, 3.5in] [None]
The available options for Floppy 3 Mode are : [Disabled] [Drive A] [Drive B]
[Both]
Video
Select the type of primary video subsystem in your system. The BIOS usu-
ally detects the correct video type automatically. The BIOS supports a sec-
