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The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub
menu to configure each hard disk drive.
Figure 2 shows the IDE primary master sub menu.
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IDE Primary Master
I DE HDD Auto-Detection Press Enter
IDE Primary Master
Auto
Access Mode
Auto
Capacity 2557 MB
Cylinder
4956
Head
16
Precomp
0
Landing Zone
4955
Sector
63
Item Help
Menu Level
To auto-detect the HDD’s size,
head... on this channel
↑↓←→
Move Enter: Select +/-/PU/PD: Value F10:Save ESC: Exit F1:General Help
F5:Previous Values F6:Fail-safe defaults F7:Optimized Defaults
Figure 2 IDE Primary Master sub menu
Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to
the main menu. Use Table 3 to configure the hard disk.
Item
Option
Description
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IDE HDD Auto-
detection
Press Enter
Press Enter to auto-detect the
HDD on this channel. If
detection is successful, it fills the
remaining fields on this menu.
IDE
Primary Master
None
Auto
Manual
Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set
the remaining fields on this
screen. Selects the type of fixed
disk. "User Type" will let you
select the number of cylinders,
heads, etc. Note:
PRECOMP=65535 means
NONE !
Capacity Auto
Display
your disk drive
size
Disk drive capacity
(Approximated). Note that this
size is usually slightly greater
than the size of a formatted disk
given by a disk checking
program.
Access Mode
CHS
LBA
Large
Auto
Choose the access mode for this
hard disk
The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Primary Master’
item is set to ‘Manual’
Cylinder
Min = 0
Max = 65535
Set the number of cylinders for
this hard disk.
Head
Min = 0
Max = 255
Set the number of read/write
heads
Precomp
Min = 0
Max = 65535
****
Warning
: Setting a value of
65535 means no hard disk
Landing zone
Min = 0
Max = 65535
****
Sector
Min = 0
Max = 255
Number of sectors per track
Table 3 Hard disk selections
4.6 Advanced BIOS Features
This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation.
You have the opportunity to select the system’s default speed, boot-