4 The HP Setup Program

Using the HP Setup Program

Setup Item

Default

Action

Memory and Cache

 

 

Memory caching

Both

Controls internal (L1) and external cache (L2) memory

 

 

caching.

Memory hole

Disabled

Sets a 1MB memory hole between 15 and 16MB if

 

 

needed. You need at least 16 MB for this option to be

 

 

available.

Shadow/Cache ISA Option

Enabled

Enables shadowing and caching for ISA “Non-PnP” Option

ROMs

 

ROMs for region X-Y, in order to improve performance.

 

 

Note that some Option ROMs cannot be shadowed.

 

 

 

Hard Disk Drives

 

 

Hard disk drive 0 (xxxx MB)

540 MB

Configure IDE drive 0. It is not recommended to connect a

Hard disk drive 1 (xxxx MB)

xxx MB

CD-ROM on a channel which already has an IDE hard disk

Hard disk drive 2 (xxxx MB)

xxx MB

drive. Sub-menu items for each of these fields are given

Hard disk drive 3 (xxxx MB)

xxx MB

below “On-board Bus IDE adapters” in this table.

Translation method

Extended

Select “Standard” only if you are running a UNIX

 

 

Operating System.

On-board Bus IDE adapters

Both

Enable or disable the on-board IDE adapters.

 

 

“Primary” enables only the HDD data cable (marked

 

 

“HDD” next to the system board attachment).

 

 

“Both” enables the HDD data cable and the CD-ROM data

 

 

cable (marked “CD-ROM” next to the system board

 

 

attachment).

Autotype fixed disk

 

Automatically attempts to detect and identify the IDE

 

 

drive when you press the Enter key.

Type

User 540 MB

Select “Auto” for automatic hard disk drive detection. (To

 

 

initiate automatic hard disk detection, press the Enter key

 

 

at the “Autotype fixed disk” item). “User” allows you to

 

 

edit all the detected parameters. Select “CD” if drive is an

 

 

IDE CD-ROM, and “None” if there is no drive.

Cylinders

944

Sets the number of hard disk drive cylinders.

Heads

14

Sets the number of hard disk drive heads.

Sectors/Track

40

Sets the number of hard disk drive sectors per track.

Multi-sector transfers

8 sectors

Determines the number of sectors per block for multiple

 

 

sector transfers.

LBA mode control

Enabled

Enable or disable Logical Block Addressing mode in place

 

 

of Cylinder Heads Sectors.

32 bit I/O

Enabled

Enable or disable 32 bit data transfer.

Transfer mode

PI0 mode 3

Selects the hard disk drive transfer mode and data

 

 

transfer rate.

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