Contec SPI-8450-LLVA - page 88

CHAPTER 8 - BIOS Setup
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IDE Adapters
The 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.
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 Primary Master None
Auto
Manual
Selecting ‘manual’ lets you set the remaining 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 Primary Master’ 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 Set the Precomp
Landing zone Min = 0
Max = 65535 Set the Landing zone
Sector Min = 0
Max = 255 Number of sectors per track