Abit SI7-G Computer Hardware User Manual


 
BIOS Setup 3-5
IDE Primary Master/Slave and IDE Secondary Master/Slave:
Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu:
Type:
This item selects the type of your hard disk drives (HDD). Leave this option to its default [AUTO]
settings to set all HDD parameters automatically.
NOTE: A newly purchased IDE HDD must be first formatted.
Cylinders:
This item configures the numbers of cylinders.
Heads:
This item configures the numbers of read/write heads.
Write Precompensation:
This item displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing.
Sectors:
This item configures the numbers of sectors per track.
Maximum Capacity:
This item displays the drive’s maximum capacity as calculated by the BIOS based on the drive
information you entered.
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode:
This option allows you to select [On] for a hard disk larger than 512 MB capacity under DOS and
Windows environment. Select [Off] only when under Netware and UNIX environment.
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