Abit NI8 SLI user manual IDE HDD Auto-Detection, Access Mode, Capacity, Cylinder, Head

BIOS Setup 3-13

#IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 2 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 3 Master/Slave:

Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu:

Phoenix – AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility

IDE Channel 0 Master

IDE HDD Auto-Detection	Press Enter		Item Help
IDE Channel 0 Master	Auto
Access Mode	Auto
Capacity	0	MB
Cylinder	0
Head	0
Precomp	0
Landing Zone	0
Sector	0

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IDE HDD Auto-Detection:

This item allows you to detect the parameters of IDE drives by pressing <Enter> key. The parameters will be shown on the screen automatically.

IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave, IDE Channel 1 Master/Slave, Extended IDE Drive:

When set to [Auto], the BIOS will automatically check what kind of IDE drive you are using. If you want to define your own drive by yourself, set it to [Manual] and make sure you fully understand the meaning of the parameters. Please refer to the instruction manual provided by the device’s manufacturer to get the setting right.

Access Mode:

This item selects the mode to access your IDE devices. Leave this item to its default [Auto] setting to detect the access mode of your HDD automatically.

Capacity:

This item displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive. Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program.

Cylinder:

This item configures the numbers of cylinders.

Head:

This item configures the numbers of read/write heads.

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