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To enter specifications for a hard disk drive, you must select first a “type”.
You can select “User” and specify the specifications yourself manually, or
you can select from the provided predefined drive specifications. To select,
simply press the <Page Up> or <Page Down> key to change the option
listed after the drive letter.
For an IDE hard disk drives, you can:
• Use the Auto setting for detection during boot-up (see below)
• Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to auto-
matically enter the drive specifications, or you can:
• Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the “User” option
The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS (number of
cylinders), HEAD (number of read/write heads), PRECOMP (write
precompensation), LANDZ (landing zone), SECTOR (number of sectors)
and MODE. The SIZE field automatically adjusts according to the con-
figuration you specify. The documentation that comes with your hard disk
should provide you with the information regarding the drive specifications.
The MODE entry is for IDE hard disks only, and can be ignored for MFM
and ESDI drives. This entry provides three options: Normal, Large, LBA,
or Auto (see below "Auto Detection"). Set MODE to the Normal for IDE
hard disk drives smaller than 528MB; set it to LBA for drives over 528MB
that support Logical Block Addressing (LBA) to allow larger IDE hard disks;
set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not support LBA. Large type
of drive can only be used with MS-DOS and is very uncommon. Most IDE
drives over 528MB support the LBA mode.
Auto detection of hard disks on boot-up (New Feature)
For each field: Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master, and Sec-
ondary Slave, you can select Auto under the TYPE and MODE fields. This
will enable auto detection of your IDE drives during boot-up. This will
allow you to change your hard drives (with the power off) and then power
on without having to reconfigure your hard drive type. If you use older hard
drives which do not support this feature, then you must configure the hard
drive in the standard method as described on page 28.
IV
. BIOS
(Standard CMOS)
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE