L i f e B o o k S S e r i e s N o t e b o o k B I O S

Primary Master Submenu of the Main Menu

The Primary Master submenu identifies what ATA devices are installed.

Note that actual hard drive label shown may vary. Depending on the drive type, information such as cylin- ders, heads and sectors may also be displayed.

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Main

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Master [HITACHI-DK23DA-20-(PM)]

Item Specific Help

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Type:

[Auto]

Select ATA/ATAPI drive

 

 

Maximum Capacity:

40008MB

installed here.

 

 

Multi-Sector Transfers:

[16 Sectors]

[Auto]

 

 

LBA Mode Control:

[Enabled]

The BIOS auto-types the

 

 

PIO Transfer Mode:

[Fast PIO 4]

drive on boot time.

 

 

DMA Transfer Mode:

[Ultra DMA 5]

 

 

 

 

 

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 2. Primary Master Submenu

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 auto-

 

None

 

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

 

CD-ROM

 

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

 

SuperDisk

 

drive is installed at this connection. Select SuperDisk if a SuperDisk drive

 

Hard Disk

 

is installed at this connection. If Hard Disk is selected, you must specify

 

 

 

 

the number of Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors for the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

Cylinders:

A number between

–—

This item appears only when Auto is selected and the type is

 

 

0

 

identified as hard disk, or User is selected. When User is selected, you can

 

 

and 65,535

 

change the value. This field is changed by incrementing (pressing the

 

 

 

 

[Spacebar]) or by typing in the number.

 

 

 

 

 

Heads:

A number between

–—

This item appears only when Auto is selected and the type is

 

 

1

 

identified as hard disk, or User is selected. When User is selected, you can

 

 

and 16

 

change the value. This field is changed by incrementing (pressing the

 

 

 

 

[Spacebar]) or by typing in the number.

 

 

 

 

 

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