Asus TW510-E2 Capacity, Cylinder, Access Mode [Auto], Manually detecting an IDE drive

Access Mode [Auto]

Allows selection of the sector addressing mode. The default [Auto] allows automatic detection of an IDE hard disk drive. Select [CHS] for this item if you set the Primary IDE Master to [Manual] to manually enter the drive information. Configuration options: [CHS] [LBA] [Large] [Auto]

Manually detecting an IDE drive

To manually enter the drive information, set the Primary IDE Master item to [Manual], and the Access Mode item to [CHS].

Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility

Main

		Primary IDE Master		Select Menu
	PIO Mode		[Auto]	Item Specific Help
	UDMA Mode		[Auto]
				Set a PIO mode for the
	Primary IDE Master		[Manual]	IDE device. Mode0 through
	Access Mode		[CHS]	4 successive increase in
				performance.
	Capacity		0 MB
	Cylinder		0
	Head		0
	Precomp		0
	Landing Zone		0
	Sector		0
	Transfer Mode		None
	S.M.A.R.T Status		None
F1:Help		↑↓ : Select Item	-/+: Change Value	F5: Setup Defaults
ESC: Exit		→←: Select Menu	Enter: Select Sub-menu	F10: Save and Exit

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.

To enter the number of cylinder, head, precomp, landing zone, sector per track for the drive, highlight an item, key-in the value that you obtained from the drive label or documentation, then press <Enter>.

To enter a value, you may also highlight the item, then press <Enter> to display a pop-up menu. Type in the value indicated in the drive label or documentation, the press <Enter>.

Capacity

Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity.

Cylinder

Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders.

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