8. BIOS Setup
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IDE AdaptersThe IDE adapters control the hard disk drive. Use a separate sub menu to configure each hard disk
drive.
Use the legend keys to navigate through this menu and exit to the main menu. Use Table 3 to configure
the hard disk.
Table 8.3. IDE Adapters configurations
Item Options Description
IDE HDD Auto-detection Press Enter
Press Enter to auto-detect the HDD on this channel. If
detection is successful, it fills the remaining fields on this
menu.
IDE Channel 0/2
Master/Slave
None
Auto
Manual
Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the re-maining fields on this
screen. Selects the type of fixed disk. "User Type" will let
you select the number of cylinders, heads, etc.
Note: PRECOMP=65535 means NONE !
Capacity Auto Display your disk
drive size
Disk drive capacity (Approximated). Note that this size is
usually slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk
given by a disk checking program.
Access Mode
CHS
LBA
Large
Auto
Choose the access mode for this hard disk
The following options are selectable only if the ‘IDE Channel 0/2 Master/Slave’ item is set to ‘Manual’
Cylinder Min = 0
Max = 65535 Set the number of cylinders for this hard disk.
Head Min = 0
Max = 255 Set the number of read/write heads
Precomp Min = 0
Max = 65535 **** Warning: Setting a value of 65535 means no hard disk
Landing zone Min = 0
Max = 65535 ****
Sector Min = 0
Max = 255 Number of sectors per track