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BIOS Setup

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IDE Channel 2/3/4/5 Master

IDE HDD Auto-Detection Press "Enter" to select this option for automatic device detection.

Extended IDE Drive SATA devices setup. You can use one of two methods:

Auto

Allows BIOS to automatically detect SATA IDE devices during POST.
(Default value)

None

Select this if no SATA IDE devices are used and the system will skip the
automatic detection step and allow for faster system start up.

Access Mode Use this to set the access mode for the hard drive. The two options are:

Large/Auto(default:Auto)

Capacity

Capacity of currently installed hard disk.

Hard drive information should be labeled on the outside drive casing. Enter the appropriate option
based on this information.

Cylinder

Number of cylinders

Head

Number of heads

Precomp

Write precomp

Landing Zone

Landing zone

Sector

Number of sectors

Drive A

The category identifies the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has been installed in the
computer.

None

No floppy drive installed

360K, 5.25"

5.25 inch PC-type standard drive; 360K byte capacity.

1.2M, 5.25"

5.25 inch AT-type high-density drive; 1.2M byte capacity

(3.5 inch when 3 Mode is Enabled).

720K, 3.5"

3.5 inch double-sided drive; 720K byte capacity

1.44M, 3.5"

3.5 inch double-sided drive; 1.44M byte capacity. (Default value)

2.88M, 3.5"

3.5 inch double-sided drive; 2.88M byte capacity.

Floppy 3 Mode Support (for Japan Area)

Disabled

Normal Floppy Drive. (Default value)

Drive A

Drive A is 3 mode Floppy Drive.

Halt on

The category determines whether the computer will stop if an error is detected during power up.

No Errors

The system boot will not stop for any error that may be detected and you
will be prompted.

All Errors

Whenever the BIOS detects a non-fatal error the system will be stopped.

All, But Keyboard The system boot will not stop for a keyboard error; it will stop for all other

errors. (Default value)

All, But Diskette

The system boot will not stop for a disk error; it will stop for all other errors.

All, But Disk/Key The system boot will not stop for a keyboard or disk error; it will stop for all

other errors.

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