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BIOS Setup
Primary/Secondary/Third/Fourth IDE Master/Slave
Press PgUp/<+> or PgDn/<-> to select the hard disk drive type. The specification
of hard disk drive will show up on the right hand according to your selection.
Type
Select how to define the HDD parameters
Cylinders
Enter cylinder number
Heads
Enter head number
Write Precompensation
Enter write precomp cylinder
Sectors
Enter sector number
Maximum Capacity
Read the maximal HDD capacity
LBA Mode
Select
Auto
for a hard disk > 512 MB un-
der Windows and DOS, or
Disabled
un-
der Netware and UNIX
Block Mode
Select
Auto
to enhance the hard disk
performance
Fast Programmed I/O Select Auto to enhance hard disk perfor-
Modes
mance by optimizing the hard disk timing
32 Bit Transfer Mode
Enable 32 bit to maximize the IDE hard disk
data transfer rate
