4.3.1 Primary IDE Master

Primary Master

 

Auto-Detection

[Press

Enter]

Primary IDE Master

[Auto]

 

Access Mode

[Auto]

 

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

 

Select Menu

Item Specific Help

To auto-detect the HDD’s size, head...on this channel.

Auto-Detection [Press Enter]

Press <Enter> to automatically detect an IDE drive, if the drive is not yet detected. Upon pressing <Enter>, the message “Detecting Hard Drive...” appears as the BIOS attempts to detect the presence of a IDE drive.

Primary IDE Master [Auto]

Select [Auto] to automatically detect an IDE drive. If automatic detection is successful, the setup BIOS automatically fills in the correct values for the remaining fields on this sub-menu.

If automatic detection fails, this may be because the IDE drive is too old or too new. If the drive was already formatted on a previous system, the BIOS may detect incorrect parameters. In these cases, select [Manual] to manually enter the IDE drive parameters. Refer to the section “Manually detecting an IDE drive.”

If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it, select [None]. Configuration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual]

The IDE drive information items are grayed out when this item is set to [Auto].

Access Mode [Auto]

Allows selection of the sector addressing mode. The default [Auto] allows automatic detection of an IDE drive. Set this item to [CHS] if the Primary IDE Master item is set to [Manual] so you can manually enter the drive values. Configuration options: [CHS] [LBA] [Large] [Auto]

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