Specifications

BIOS EP-3S1A
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Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use
Table 3 to configure the hard disk.
Item Options Description
IIDE HDD Auto-detection Press Enter Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD
on this channel. If detection is
successful, it fills the remaining
fields on this menu.
IDE Primary Master None
Auto
Manual
Selecting manual lets you set the
remaining fields on this screen.
Selects the type of fixed disk. "User
Type" will let you select the number
of cylinders, heads, etc.
Note: PRECOMP=65535 means
NONE !
Capacity Auto Display your disk
drive size
Disk drive capacity
(Approximated). Note that this
size is usually slightly greater than
the size of a formatted disk given by
a disk checking program.
Access Mode Normal
LBA
Large
Auto
Choose the access mode for this
hard disk
The following options are selectable only if the IDE Primary Master item is set to Manual
Cylinder Min = 0
Max = 65535
Set the number of cylinders for this
hard disk.
Head Min = 0
Max = 255
Set the number of read/write heads
Precomp Min = 0
Max = 65535
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Warning
: Setting a value of
65535 means no hard disk
Landing zone Min = 0
Max = 65535
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Sector Min = 0
Max = 255
Number of sectors per track
Table 1 Hard disk selections