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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
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]
Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. The value is not user-
configurable.
Cylinder
Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders.
Head
Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads.
Precomp
Displays the precompressed volumes on the hard disk, if any, on the
motherboard.
Landing Zone
Displays the drive’s maximum usable capacity as calculated by the BIOS
based on the drive information you entered.
Sector
Shows the number of sectors per track.
Transfer Mode
Shows the data transfer mode if the IDE hard disk drive supports the
feature. Otherwise, this item is grayed out and shows the value [None].
S.M.A.R.T. Status
Shows the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology
(S.M.A.R.T.) status if the IDE hard disk drive supports the feature.
Otherwise, this item is grayed out and shows the value [None].
After entering the IDE hard disk drive information, use a disk utility,
such as FDISK, to partition and format new IDE drives. This is
necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk. Make
sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drive to “Active.”