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We recommend that you use Enhanced IDE hard drives from the same
manufacturer. In a few cases, drives from two different manufacturers
will not function properly when used together. The problem lies in the
hard drives, not the 586IVX system board.
Preparing an IDE Drive for Use
IDE disk drives are already low-level formatted, with any bad-track er-
rors entered, when shipped by the drive manufacturer. Do not attempt
to do a low-level format or you may cause serious damage to the drive.
To use an IDE drive, you need to enter the drive type (this information
is provided by the drive manufacturer) into the system’s CMOS setup
table. Then run FDISK and FORMAT provided with DOS. You may also
use the IDE HDD Auto Detection function which will allow the BIOS to
auto detect your hard drive type. Refer to the IDE HDD Auto Detection
section for details.
Warning:
Do not run FDISK and FORMAT programs on a drive that has already
been formatted or you will lose all programs and data stored on the
drive.
Using 586IVX with CD-ROM Drives
If you encountered problems while using an ATAPI CD-ROM drive that
is set in Master mode, please set the CD-ROM drive to Slave mode.
Some ATAPI CD-ROMs may not be recognized and cannot be used if
incorrectly set in Master mode.
Universal Serial Bus Connectors
The 586IVX system board is equipped with two USB ports on locations
J2 and J4 on the system board. USB allows data exchange between
your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible peripher-
als. Make sure “USB Controller” in the Integrated Peripherals setup of
the Award BIOS is set to Enabled.