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Using the BIOS Setup Utility
APRICOT 340 OWNER’S HANDBOOK 3/7
Mouse
This option enables the use of a mouse. The actual presence of a
mouse can then be detected by POST. You should not normally
disable this option.
IDE Drives Setup
The motherboard’s two IDE/ATA (Integrated Drive Electronics AT-
Attachment) interfaces support a total of four drives (that is, two
drives per interface).
However, the computer itself can accommodate at most two hard
disk drives plus one removable-media drive, typically a CD-ROM
drive. The hard disk drives should be connected to the primary IDE
interface, and the CD-ROM drive connected to the secondary
interface.
Hard disk drives
Hard disk size and type is auto-detected when the computer is
turned on, but two other parameters can be manually set for each
drive.
Parameter Settings
IDE Performance High Performance mode allows the
system to make use of any performance
enhancement features the drive may have.
You should select Compatible mode for
older hard disk drives or drives that do
not follow the IDE/ATA specification.
IDE Translation Mode Select Extended CHS (cylinder, head,
sector) to enable the scheme that allows
the BIOS to access hard disk drives of
greater than 504 Mbytes capacity. You
might need to select Standard CHS if your
operating system does not support
Extended CHS for large drives.