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Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, make sure you have
the correct configuration information supplied by the drive
manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause the system to fail to
recognize the installed hard disk.
IDE Primary Master
IDE Auto-Detection [Press Enter]
IDE Primary Master [Manual]
Access Mode [CHS]
Capacity 40020 MB
Cylinder [19158]
Head [ 16]
Sector [ 255]
Transfer Mode UDMA 2
F1 : Help
↑↓
: Select Item -/+ : Change Value F5 : Setup Defaults
ESC : Exit
→←
: Select Menu Enter : Select Sub-menu F10 : Save and Exit
Select Menu
Item Specific Help
Enter the value.
Access Mode [Auto]
The default [Auto] allows automatic detection of an IDE hard disk drive.
Select [CHS] for this item if you set the IDE Channel 0/1 Master/Slave to
[Manual] to enter the Hard Disk Drive values manually.
Configuration options: [CHS] [LBA] [Large] [Auto]
Manual HDD type selection
If you wish to manually enter the hard disk information, set the IDE
Primary Master item to [Manual], and the Access Mode item to [CHS]. To
manually enter the number of cylinder, head, and sector per track for the
drive, highlight an item, key-in the value that you obtained from the drive
documentation then press <Enter>. Refer to the drive documentation or
the drive label for this information.
To enter a value, you may also highlight the item, then press <Enter> to
display a pop-up menu. Type in the value from the drive documentation,
then press <Enter>.
Capacity [xxxxx MB]
This item displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. The value is not
user-configurable.