IBASE MB500 User Manual

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BIOS SETUP

MB500 User’s Manual

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Time
The time format is:

Hour : 00 to 23

Minute : 00 to 59

Second : 00 to 59

To set the time, highlight the “Time” field and use the <PgUp>/ <PgDn>
or +/- keys to set the current time.

IDE Primary HDDs / IDE Secondary HDDs
The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary
channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices.
Each channel can support up to two hard disks; the first is the “Master”
and the second is the “Slave”.

Press <Enter> to configure the hard disk. The selections include Auto,
Manual, and None. Select ‘Manual’ to define the drive information
manually. You will be asked to enter the following items.

CYLS :

Number of cylinders

HEAD :

Number of read/write heads

PRECOMP : Write precompensation
LANDING ZONE :

Landing zone

SECTOR :

Number of sectors


The Access Mode selections are as follows:

CHS

(HD < 528MB)

LBA (HD > 528MB and supports

Logical Block Addressing)

Large (for MS-DOS only)
Auto

Remarks: The main board supports two serial ATA ports and are
represented in this setting as IDE Channel 2 / 3 Master.

Drive A / Drive B
These fields identify the types of floppy disk drive A or drive B that has
been installed in the computer. The available specifications are:
360KB

5.25 in.

1.2MB

5.25 in.

720KB

3.5 in.

1.44MB

3.5 in.

2.88MB

3.5 in.

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