MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP
MAINBOARD BIOS SETUP
P6F40-B5 User’s Manual
P6F40-B5 User’s Manual
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IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
Automatically detect and configure hard disk parameters. The Award BIOS includes this
ability in the event you are uncertain of your hard disk’s parameters. See also “Standard
CMOS Setup”.
LOW-LEVEL FORMAT UTILITY
This Award Low-Level-Format Utility is designed as a tool to save your time formatting
your hard disk. The Utility automatically looks for the necessary information of the drive
you selected. The Utility also searches for bad tracks and lists them for your reference.
Shown below is the Main Menu after you enter into the Award Low-Level-Format Utility.
Hard Disk Low Level Format Utility
NO. CYLS HEAD
SELECT DRIVE
BAD TRACK LIST
PREFORMAT
Current select drive is : C
Drive : C: CYLINDER : 0 HEAD : 0
SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Primary Master :
850
1647
16
65535
1646
63
AUTO
Primary Slave :
0
0
0
0
0
0
AUTO
Secondary Master :
0
0
0
0
0
0
AUTO
Secondary Slave :
0
0
0
0
0
0
AUTO
Up/Down - Select Item
ENTER - Accept
ECS - Exit/Abort
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SELECT DRIVE
- Select from installed hard disk drive C or D. Listed at the bottom of
the screen is the drive automatically detected by the utility.
BAD TRACK LIST
-
Auto Scan Bad Track -
The utility will automatically scan bad tracks
and list the bad tracks in the window at the right side of the screen.
Add Bad Track -
Directly type in any information about known bad tracks in the window at the right side of
the screen.
Modify Bad Track -
Modify information about the added bad tracks in the window at the
right side of the screen.
Delete Bad Track -
Delete the added bad tracks in the window at
