BIOS Setup

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IDE Primary Master/Slave and IDE Secondary Master/Slave:Click <Enter> key to enter its submenu:Type:

This item selects the type of your hard disk drives (HDD). Leave this option to its default [AUTO] settings to set all HDD parameters automatically.

NOTE: A newly purchased IDE HDD must be first formatted.Cylinders:This item configures the numbers of cylinders.Heads:This item configures the numbers of read/write heads.Write Precompensation:This item displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing.Sectors:This item configures the numbers of sectors per track.Maximum Capacity:

This item displays the drive’s maximum capacity as calculated by the BIOS based on the drive information you entered.

LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode:

This option allows you to select [On] for a hard disk larger than 512 MB capacity under DOS and Windows environment. Select [Off] only when under Netware and UNIX environment.

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