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Secondary Master Submenu of the Main Menu

The Secondary Master submenu allows you to configure secondary ATA devices.

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Main

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondary Master [TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2412]

Item Specific Help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type:

[Auto]

Select ATA/ATAPI drive

 

 

 

 

installed here.

 

 

Multi-Sector Transfers:

[Disabled]

 

 

 

LBA Mode Control:

[Disabled]

[Auto]

 

 

Transfer Mode:

[Standard]

The BIOS auto-types the

 

 

Ultra DMA Mode:

[Disabled]

drive on boot time.

 

 

 

 

Except [Auto]

 

 

 

 

You enter parameters of

 

 

 

 

the drive.

 

 

 

 

[None]

 

 

 

 

The drive is disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F1

Help

Select

Item

ESC

Exit

Select

Menu

-/Space

Change

Values

Enter

Select

Sub-Menu

F9 Setup Defaults

F10 Save and Exit

Figure 3. Secondary Master Submenu

Table 3: Fields, Options and Defaults for the Secondary Master Submenu of the Main Menu

Menu Field

Options

Default

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type:

Auto

[Auto]

NOTE: The Type field does not appear as a drop-down menu. Tap

 

None

 

the spacebar to cycle through the selections.

 

CD-ROM

 

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

 

Hard Disk

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

SuperDisk or Hard Disk for appropriate drive type installed at

 

 

 

 

this connection.

 

 

 

 

 

CHS Format

 

 

 

Cylinders/Heads/Sectors

 

 

 

 

 

Cylinders:

A number between

–—

This item appears 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.

 

 

 

 

 

Heads:

A number between

–—

This item appears only when Hard Disk is selected as type. You can

 

 

1 and 16

 

change the value by incrementing (pressing the [Spacebar]) or by

 

 

 

 

typing in the number.

 

 

 

 

 

Sectors:

A number between

–—

This item appears only when Hard Disk is selected as type. You can

 

 

0 and 63

 

change the value by incrementing (pressing the [Spacebar]) or by

 

 

 

 

typing in the number.

 

 

 

 

 

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Fujitsu Siemens Computers N3010 manual Secondary Master Submenu of the Main Menu, Standard

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