Kenmore P4VT8 user manual Type, Auto

TYPE

To set the type of the IDE device, first, please select “IDE Devices” on Main menu and press <Enter> to get into the sub-menu. Then, select among “Primary IDE Master”, “Primary IDE Slave”, “Secondary IDE Master”, and “Secondary IDE Slave” to make configuration of its type. After making your selections on this sub-menu, press <ESC> key to return to the upper menu, in whcih the hard disk drive field will display the size of the hard disk drive that you configured. Below are the configuration options.

AMIBIOS SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 3.31a

Main

Primary IDE Master:				[ Setup Help ]
				Select how to set the
				parameters of drive,
Type			Auto
Cylinders				Or
Heads
				Select [AUTO] to set
Write Precompensation
				all HDD parameters
Sectors
				automatically.
Maximum Capacity			0Mb
LBA Mode			Off
Block Mode			Off
Fast Programmed I/O Modes			Auto
32 Bit Transfer Mode			On
Ultra DMA Mode			Auto
F1:Help	:Select Item		+/-:Change Values	F9:Setup Defaults
Esc:Previous Menu		Enter:Select Sub-Menu		F10:Save & Exit

[USER]: It allows user to manually enter the number of cylinders, heads, and sectors per track for the drive.

Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, make sure you have the correct configuration information supplied by the drive manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause the system to fail to recognize the installed hard disk.

[Auto]: Select [Auto] to automatically detect hard disk drive. If auto- detection is successful, the BIOS Setup automatically fills in the correct values for the remaining fields on this sub-menu. If the auto- detection fails, it may due to that the hard disk is too old or too new. If the hard disk was already formatted on an older system, the BIOS Setup may detect incorrect parameters. In these cases, select [User] to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters.

After entering the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives. This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk. Make sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active.

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