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BIOS Setup
BIOS
Setup
master and slave submenus
The Master and Slave submenus accessed from the Main Menu controls Hard Disk Drives,
Removable-Disk Drives (such as Zip Drives) and CD-ROM Drives.
PhoenixBIOS 4.0 supports up to two IDE disk controllers. They are referred to as primary
and secondary controllers. Each controller supports one master drive and one slave drive.
When designing your system, it is recommended that you install your IDE devices on the
two controllers as follows (refer to your IDE device's documentation on how to set them as
Master or Slave) :
* If you have 1 drive: 1 Primary Master
* If you have 2 drives: 1 Primary Master, 1 Primary Slave OR
1 Primary Master, 1 Secondary Master
* If you have 3 drives: 2 Masters, 1 Slave
* If you have 4 drives: 2 Masters, 2 Slaves
There is one IDE connector for each controller on your machine, usually labeled “Primary
IDE” and “Secondary IDE.” There are usually two connectors on each IDE ribbon cable.
When the ribbon cable is attached to the system's IDE connector and connected to two
drives, the device on the end of the cable is the Master. If you set your drive to "Cable
Select", then the drive may show up as either a master or a slave depending on which
connector it is attached and what other device is connected to the same ribbon cable.
In the Main Menu, it usually displays the results of Autotyping—information each drive
provides about its own parameters (e.g., cylinders, heads, and sectors)—and the drives
appear how they are arranged in the system as Primary or Secondary and Masters or
Slaves.
Select one of the Master or Slave drive submenus if you need to change your drive settings.
Pressing <Enter> on the selected drive displays the following submenu:
PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
Main
Primary Master Item Specific Help
Type: [Auto]
CHS Format
Cylinders: [13328]
Heads: [ 15]
Sectors: [ 63]
Maximum Capacity: 6449 MB
LBA Format
Total Sectors: [0]
Maximum Capacity: [0MB]
Multi Sector Transfer: [16 Sectors]
LBA Mode Control: [Enabled]
32-bit I/O: [Enabled]
Transfer Mode: [Fast PIO 4]
Ultra DMA Mode: [Enabled]
Select the drive
type of the fixed
disk installed
in your system.
If type User
is selected,
Cylinders, Heads,
and Sectors
can be edited
directly.
Auto attempts
to automatically
detect the
drive type for
drives that
comply with ANSI
specifications.
F1 Help Select Item –/+ Change Valuesn F9 Setup Defaults
ESC Exit Select Menu Enter Select
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Submenu F10 Save and Exit