BIOS Setup Information
RUBY-9712VG2A User’s Manual
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Phoenix- AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility
IDE Channel 1 Master
Item Help
IDE HDD Auto-Detection
[Press Enter]
IDE Channel 1 Master
[Auto]
Access Mode
[Auto]
Capacity 80GB
Cylinder 38309
Head 16
Precomp 0
Landing Zone
38308
Sector 255
Menu Level
f
To atuo-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
Menu Selections
Item
Options
Description
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 Channel 1
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!
Access Mode
CHS, LBA
Large, Auto
Choose the access mode for this hard disk
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.
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
