Contec SPI-8450-LLVA User Manual

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CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup

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IDE Adapters

The IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard
disk drive.

Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use Table 3 to
configure the hard disk.

Item

Options

Description

IDE HDD Auto-

detection

Press Enter

Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on this
channel. If detection is successful, it fills the
remaining fields on this menu.

IDE Primary Master

None

Auto

Manual

Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the remaining fields
on this screen. Selects the type of fixed disk. "User
Type" will let you select the number of cylinders,
heads, etc. Note: PRECOMP=65535 means
NONE !

Capacity

Auto Display your disk

drive size

Disk drive capacity (Approximated). Note that this
size is usually slightly greater than the size of a
formatted disk given by a disk checking program.

Access Mode

CHS

LBA

Large

Auto

Choose the access mode for this hard disk

The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Primary Master’ item is set to ‘Manual’

Cylinder

Min = 0

Max = 65535

Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk.

Head

Min = 0

Max = 255

Set the number of read/write heads

Precomp

Min = 0

Max = 65535

Set the Precomp

Landing zone

Min = 0

Max = 65535

Set the Landing zone

Sector

Min = 0

Max = 255

Number of sectors per track

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