Chapter 5: BIOS setup
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Manually detecting an IDE drive
If you wish to manually enter the drive information, set the Primary IDE
Master item to [Manual], and the Access Mode item to [CHS].
To manually enter the number of cylinder, head, precomp, landing zone,
and sector per track for the drive, highlight an item, key-in the value that
you obtained from the drive documentation, then press <Enter>. Refer to
the drive documentation or the drive label for this information.
To enter a value, you may also highlight the item, then press <Enter> to
display a pop-up menu. Type in the value from the drive documentation,
then press <Enter>.
Capacity [xxxxx MB]
Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. The value is not user-
configurable.
Cylinder
Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders.
Head
Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads.
Before attempting to manually configure an IDE drive, make sure that
you have the correct configuration information supplied by the drive
manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause the system to fail to
recognize the installed IDE drive!
Primary Master
Primary IDE Master
[Manual]
Access Mode
[CHS]
Capacity
0 MB
Cylinder
0
Head
0
Precomp
0
Landing Zone
0
Sector
0
PIO Mode
[Auto]
UDMA Mode
[Auto]
Transfer Mode
None
S.M.A.R.T. Status
None
Item Specific Help
Selects the type of
fixed disk connected
to the system.
[Manual] lets you
select the number of
cylinders, heads, etc.
Note: PRECOMP=65535
means NONE.
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