Asus V2-PE3 - Manual (Page 73)

ASUS Vintage V2-PE3 5-11
IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter]
Allows auto-detection of the hard disk driveʼs specifications.
IDE Channel 0, 1 Master/Slave [Auto]
Sets the selected channel as Master or Slave.
Configuration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual]
Access Mode [Auto]
This item allows the user to select the sector addressing mode. CHS
mode supports 528 MB hard disks. LBA (logical block addressing)
mode supports hard disks up to 128 GB in size. Large mode (also
called extended CHS mode) supports hard disks above 528 MB in size,
but does not support LBA mode. Configuration options: [CHS] [LBA]
[Large] [Auto]
Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, make sure you
have the correct configuration information supplied by the drive
manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause the system to fail to
recognize the installed hard disk.
Capacity
Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. This item is not
configurable.
Cylinder
Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders. This item is not
configurable.
Head
Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not
configurable.
Precomp
Shows the number of precomp per track. This item is not configurable.
Landing Zone
Shows the number of landing zone per track. This item is not
configurable.
Sector
Shows the number of sectors per track. This item is not configurable.
After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into the BIOS, use a
disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format new IDE hard disk
drives. This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the
hard disk. Make sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk
drives to active.