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Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu

The Primary Master submenu identifies what ATA devices are installed.

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Main

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Master [HITACHI_DK23EA-40]

Item Specific Help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type:

[Auto]]

Select ATA/ATAPI drive

 

 

LBA Format

installed here.

 

 

Total Sectors:

78140160

 

 

 

Maximum Capacity:

40008MB

[Auto]

 

 

 

 

The BIOS auto-types the

 

 

Multi-Sector Transfers:

[16 Sectors]

drive on boot time.

 

 

LBA Mode Control:

[Enabled]

 

 

 

Transfer Mode:

[Multiword DMA 2]

Except [Auto]

 

 

Ultra DMA Mode:

[Disabled]

You enter parameters of

 

 

 

 

the drive.

 

 

 

 

[None]

 

 

 

 

The drive is disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1

Help

Select

Item

-/Space

Change

Values

ESC

Exit

Select

Menu

Enter

Select

Sub-Menu

Figure 2. Primary Master Submenu

F9 Setup Defaults

F10 Save and Exit

Table 2: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu

Menu Field

Options

Default

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type:

Auto

[Auto]

Selects the ATA/ATAPI device type. Select Auto to have the type

 

None

 

automatically identified by the BIOS at POST. If None is selected, all

 

CD-ROM

 

of the following Set-up items do not appear. Select CD-ROM if a

 

Hard Disk

 

CD-ROM drive is installed at this connection. If Hard Disk is

 

 

 

 

selected, you must specify the number of Cylinders, Heads, and Sec-

 

 

 

 

tors for the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

LBA Format

 

 

 

Logical Block Addressing (LBA)

 

 

 

 

Total Sectors:

---

---

The total number of sectors on your hard disk

 

 

 

 

Maximum

---

---

The maximum capacity of your hard disk

Capacity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHS Format

 

 

 

Cylinders/Heads/Sectors

 

 

 

 

 

Cylinders:

A number between

–—

This item is active only when Hard Disk is selected as the type. This

 

 

0 and 65,535

 

field is changed by incrementing (pressing the [Spacebar]) or by typ-

 

 

 

 

ing in the number.

 

 

 

 

 

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Fujitsu Siemens Computers N3010 manual Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu, Auto

N3010 specifications

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