User Guide

BIOS Utility 4-13
You may do any of the following:
• Select the type that corresponds to your IDE hard disk drive.
• If you do not know the exact type of your IDE device, select
the
Auto
option to let the BIOS utility automatically detect
the installed IDE drive type.
• You may save the values under the option
User
. The next
time you boot the system, the BIOS utility does not have to
auto-configure your IDE drive as it detects the saved disk
information during POST.
We recommend that you copy the IDE disk drive
values and keep them in a safe place in case
you have to reconfigure the disk in the future.
• If you have installed an IDE hard disk that was previously
formatted but does not use the disk native parameters or
structure, i.e., the disk may be formatted according to the
user-specified number of cylinders, heads, and sectors,
select the
User
option. Then enter the appropriate drive
information.
•
If there is no device connected, choose
None
.
To configure an IDE device designated as slave:
1. Select the IDE Primary Channel Slave option to display its
menu.
2. Highlight the parameter Type, then press
or to display the
IDE drive types with their respective values for cylinder, head,
sector, and size. Refer to the above procedure for configuring a
master device to configure the slave device.