English – GIGABYTE AMD Socket AM2 Processor Motherboard GA-M59SLI-S5 User Manual

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BIOS Setup

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Time

The times format in <hour> <minute> <second>. The time is calculated base on the 24-hour military-
time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00.

IDE Channel 0 Master, Slave

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

IDE Device Setup. You can use one of three methods:

Auto

Allows BIOS to automatically detect IDE devices during POST(default)

None

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

Manual

User can manually input the correct settings

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

CHS/LBA/Large/Auto(default:Auto)

IDE Channel 2/3/4/5/6/7 Master

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

Extended IDE Drive You can use one of the two methods:

Auto

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

None

Select this if no 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 / Drive B

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.

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