Asus P4BP-MX User Manual

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ASUS P4BP-MX motherboard

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If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it, select
[None].

Other options for the Type field are:

[CD-ROM] - for IDE CD-ROM drives

[LS-120] - for LS-120 compatible floppy disk drives

[ZIP] - for ZIP-compatible disk drives

[MO] - for IDE magneto optical disk drives

[Other ATAPI Device] - for IDE devices not listed here

After making your selections on this sub-menu, press <Esc> key to return to the
Main menu. When the Main menu appears, the hard disk drive field displays the
size for the hard disk drive that you configured.

Translation Method [LBA]

Select the hard disk drive type in this field. When Logical Block Addressing (LBA)
is enabled, the 28-bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for
cylinders, heads, or sectors. Note that LBA Mode is necessary for drives with more
than 504MB storage capacity. Configuration options: [LBA] [LARGE] [Normal]
[Match Partition Table] [Manual]

Cylinders

This field configures the number of cylinders. Refer to the drive documentation to
determine the correct value. To make changes to this field, set the Type field to
[User Type HDD] and the Translation Method field to [Manual].

Head

This field configures the number of read/write heads. Refer to the drive
documentation to determine the correct value. To make changes to this field, set
the Type field to [User Type HDD] and the Translation Method field to [Manual].

Sector

This field configures the number of sectors per track. Refer to the drive
documentation to determine the correct value. To make changes to this field, set
the Type field to [User Type HDD] and the Translation Method field to [Manual].

CHS Capacity

This field shows the drive’s maximum CHS capacity as calculated by the BIOS
based on the drive information you entered.

Maximum LBA Capacity

This field shows the drive’s maximum LBA capacity as calculated by the BIOS
based on the drive information you entered.

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