Primary Master Submenu Options

Options and settings for the Primary Master Submenu are given in Table 3-2.

Table 3-2. BIOS Setup Primary Master Configuration Options

Option

Settings

Description

 

 

 

Type

Auto

IDE hard disk drive configuration method.

 

None

Select [Auto] to load configuration parameters from

 

Hard Disk

the hard disk drive automatically. Selecting [None]

 

 

disables the hard drive. Selecting [Hard Disk] allows

 

 

you to manually enter parameter values for the

 

 

remaining options listed in this table.

 

 

 

Cylinders*

0 to 65535

Number of cylinders.

 

 

 

Heads*

1 to 16

Number of read/write heads.

 

 

 

Sectors*

0 to 63

Number of sectors per track.

 

 

 

Maximum Capacity

xxxxMB

Display only.

 

 

 

Multi-Sector Transfers*

Disabled

Number of sectors used in multisector transfers.

 

2 Sectors

You can cycle through the settings for this option to

 

4 Sectors

select values up to the maximum 128 sectors

 

8 Sectors

allowable for the hard disk drive. (Selecting the

 

16 Sectors

maximum, or values larger than the default may

 

32 Sectors

degrade performance.)

 

64 Sectors

 

 

128 Sectors

 

 

 

 

LBA Mode Control*

Disabled

Logical Block Address (LBA) mode control. Selecting

 

Enabled

[Enabled] causes logical block addressing to be

 

 

used. Selecting [Disabled] causes cylinder, head,

 

 

and sector addressing to be used.

 

 

 

PIO Transfer Mode*

Standard

Determines the method for data transfers to and from

 

Fast PIO 1

the hard disk drive.

 

Fast PIO 2

(Choosing [Auto] for the HDD Configuration option

 

Fast PIO 3

selects the optimum setting for this option.)

 

Fast PIO 4

 

 

 

 

DMA Transfer Mode*

Disabled

Determines the mode used for DMA transfers to/from

 

Multiword DMA 1

the drive. (Choosing [Auto] for the HDD

 

Multiword DMA 2

Configuration option selects the optimum setting for

 

Ultra DMA 0

this option.)

 

Ultra DMA 1

 

 

Ultra DMA 2

 

 

 

 

* These values can be changed when Hard Disk is selected.

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