User's Manual

CAUTION
Incorrect settings can cause your system to malfunction. To correct mistakes, press
Esc
until you have exited the Setup Utility.
Primary / Secondary Master and Slave Settings
CAUTION
Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, make sure you have the configuration
information supplied by the manufacturer of your hard drive. Incorrect settings can result in your
system not recognizing the installed hard disk.
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Not
Installed
Sec. Master Auto
ATAPI
CD-ROM
Not
Installed
The default setting is Auto. Auto lets the system automatically
read setup information from the device. When set to Auto, the
BIOS will automatically detect hard disk capacity.
System
Memory;
Extended
Memory
These fields display the amount of conventional memory and
extended memory detected by the system during boot up. They
are display only fields.
Size Displays the hard disk capacity.
Cylinders Display the number of cylinders on the hard disk drive.
WPCOM Precomp Cylinder
Sec Number of sectors per cylinder
Heads Displays the number of heads per cylinder on the hard disk drive.
LBA
Mode
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode is used to support IDE hard disks larger
than 504 MB. LBA support is required for compatibility with the FAT32 system.
Only some hard disk drives support LBA mode. The default setting depends on
the hard disk drive type.
Blk Mode Multi-sector transfers enabled
PIO
Mode
PIO (Programmed Input/Output) mode refers to data transfer method used by IDE
drives. These modes use the CPU's registers for data transfer in contrast with
DMA (Direct Memory Access), which transfers directly between main memory
and the peripheral device. The default value Auto lets the system automatically
read setup information it needs for setup from the hard disk drive. Five explicit
values,0to4,arealsopossible.
32Bit
Mode
Enables hard drive 32-bit data transfer. Only some hard disk controllers support
32Bit mode.
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