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4-10 IDE HDD Auto Detection
The IDE HDD auto detection utility is a very useful tool, especially when you do
not know which kind of hard disk type you are using. You can use this utility to
detect the correct disk type installed in the system automatically. But now you can
set HARD DISK TYPE to Auto in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP. You dont need
the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION utility. The BIOS will Auto-detect the hard
disk size and model on display during POST.
Figure 10: IDE HDD Auto Detection
NOTE: HDD Modes
The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes : NORMAL, LBA & LARGE NORMAL
mode
Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make
any transformations during accessing.
The maximum number of cylinders, head & sectors for NORMAL mode are 1024,
16 & 63.
no. Cylinder (1024)
x no. Head ( 16)
x no. Sector ( 63)
x no. per sector ( 512)
528 Megabytes
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A5LHPAB)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE
Primary Master :
Select Secondary Slave Option (N=Skip) : N
OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTORMODE
2 (Y) 4310 524 255 0 14847 63 LBA
1 4310 14848 9 65535 14847 63 NORMAL
3 4310 928 144 65535 14847 63 LARGE
Note: Some OSes (like SCO-UNIX) must use NORMAL for installation
ESC : Skip