Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-11
The following screen appears if you select any of the IDE Drive parameters:
IDE Primary/Secondary
Channel Master/Slave Page 1/1
Type ...........................[ Auto ]
Cylinder .....................[ XXXX ]
Head .........................[ XXXX ]
Sector .......................[ XXXX ]
Size .........................[ XXXX ] MB
Hard Disk Size > 504MB .........[ Auto ]
Hard Disk Block Mode ...........[ Auto ]
Advanced PIO Mode ..............[ Auto ]
Hard Disk 32 Bit Access ........[Enabled]
DMA Transfer Mode ..............[ Auto ]
CD-ROM Drive DMA Mode ..........[Disabled]
↑↓ = Move Highlight Bar F1 = Help
Esc = Exit → ← = Change Setting,
Type
This parameter lets you specify the type of hard disk installed in your system. If
you want BIOS to automatically configure your hard disk, select Auto. If you
know your hard disk type, you can enter the setting manually.
Setting this parameter also sets the Cylinder, Head, Sector, and Size parameters.
Cylinders
This parameter specifies your hard disk’s number of cylinders, and is
automatically set depending on your Type parameter setting.