Standard setup – American Megatrends III User Manual

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Chapter 2 WINBIOS Setup

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Standard Setup,

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Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master, Secondary Slave Select one of these

hard disk drive icons to configure the hard disk drive named in the option.
Select Auto from the drive parameters screen to let AMIBIOS automatically
configure the drive. A screen with a list of drive parameters appears. Click on
OK to configure the drive.

Drive Type

How to Configure

SCSI

Select Type. Select Not Installed in the drive parameter
screen. The SCSI drivers provided by the SCSI drive or
SCSI host adapter manufacturer should allow you to
configure the SCSI drive.

IDE

Select Type. Select Auto to let AMIBIOS determine the
parameters. Click on OK when AMIBIOS displays the drive
parameters.

Select LBA/Large Mode. Select On if the drive has a
capacity greater than 540 MB.

Select Block Mode. Select On to allow block mode data
transfers.

Select 32-Bit Transfer. Select On to allow 32-bit data
transfers.

Select the PIO Mode. It is best to select Auto to allow
AMIBIOS to determine the PIO mode. If you select a PIO
mode that is not supported by the IDE drive, the drive will
not work properly. If you are absolutely certain that you
know the drive’s PIO mode, select PIO mode 0 - 5, as
appropriate.

CD-ROM

Select Type. Select CDROM. Click on OK when AMIBIOS
displays the drive parameters.

Standard

MFM Drive

Select Type. You must know the drive parameters. Select
the drive type that exactly matches your drive’s parameters.

Non-

Standard

MFM Drive

Select Type. If the drive parameters do not match the drive
parameters listed for drive types 1 - 46, select User and
enter the correct hard disk drive parameters.

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