SBC comm SBC-350A Computer Hardware User Manual


 
32 SBC-350A User's Manual
Heads: This is the number of heads found in the specified
drive type.
WPcom: WPcom is the read delay circuitry which takes into
account the timing differences between the inner
and outer edges of the surface of the disk platter.
The number designates the starting cylinder of the
signal.
L-Zone: LZone is the landing zones of the heads. This
number determines the cylinder location where the
heads will normally park when the system is shut
down.
Sectors: The number of sectors per track
Size: This is the formatted capacity of the drive based on
the following formula:
(# of heads) x (# of cylinders) x (# of sectors) x
(512 bytes/sec.)
Floppy Drive A: and Floppy Drive B:
The BIOS supports any combination of 3.5" (720 KB
1.44 MB and 2.88MB) and 5.25" (360 KB and 1.2 MB) floppy
disks. If you have no floppy disk installed, select Not Installed.
Primary Display:
Select the type of display you have connected. Options are:
Monochrome, Color 40x25, VGA/PGA/EGA, Color 80x25 and
Not Installed. You might use the Not installed option for a
network file server.
Keyboard:
Options are Installed or Not Installed.
Note: If you are running your system on a non-dedicated file
server, and you do not want the AMI BIOS to report any
keyboard, video or floppy disk drive errors during POST, set
the AMI BIOS Keyboard, Primary display and floppy disk
features to “Not Installed.”
Advanced CMOS Setup
Advanced CMOS Setup controls system settings. Adjusting these
parameters may improve system performance, but make a note of
the original settings before you make any changes. Some combina-
tions of settings may cause your system to crash or become