Nvidia N61S User Manual

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IDE HDD Auto-Detection

This item allows you to detect the parameters of IDE drives by pressing <Enter> key. The

parameters will be shown on the screen automatically.

IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave,SATA Channel 1~4

When set to [Auto], the BIOS will automatically check what kind of IDE or SATA hard

drive you are using. If you want to define your own drive yourself, set it to [Manual] and

make sure you fully understand the meaning of the parameters. Please refer to the

instruction manual provided by the device’s manufacturer to get the setting right.

Access Mode

This item selects the mode to access your IDE or SATA devices. Leave this item at its

default [Auto] setting to detect the access mode of your HDD automatically.

Capacity

This item displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive. Usually the size is slightly

greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program.

Cylinder

This item configures the numbers of cylinders.

Head

This item configures the numbers of read/write heads.

Precomp

This item displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing.

Landing Zone

This item displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read/write

heads.

Sector

This item configures the numbers of sectors per track.
Back to Standard CMOS Features Setup Menu
Drive A & Drive B

This item sets the type of floppy drives (usually only Drive A) installed.

Video

This item allows you to set the video transfer card type of the monitor.

Halt On

This item determines whether the system stops if an error is detected during system

boot-up.

[All Errors]: The system-boot will stop whenever the BIOS detect a non-fatal error.

[No Errors]: The system-boot will not stop for any error detected.

[All, But Keyboard]: The system-boot will stop for all errors except a keyboard error.

[All, But Diskette]: The system-boot will stop for all errors except a diskette error.

[All, But Disk/Key]: The system-boot will stop for all errors except a diskette or

keyboard error.

Base Memory

This item displays the amount of base memory installed in the system. The value of the

base memory is typically 640K for systems with 640K or more memory size installed on

the mainboard.

Extended Memory

This item displays the amount of extended memory detected during system boot-up.

Total Memory

This item displays the total memory available in the system.

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