Computer Setup—Storage

NOTE: Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.

Table 3-3Computer Setup—Storage

OptionDescription

Device Configuration Lists all installed BIOS-controlled storage devices.

When a device is selected, detailed information and options are displayed. The following options may be presented:

●Hard Disk: Size, model, firmware version, serial number, connector color. Translation mode (ATA disks only)

Lets you select the translation mode to be used for the device. This enables the BIOS to access disks partitioned and formatted on other systems and may be necessary for users of older versions of UNIX (e.g., SCO UNIX version 3.2). Options are Automatic, Bit-Shift, LBA Assisted, User, and Off.

Available only when the drive translation mode is set to User, allows you to specify the parameters (logical cylinders, heads, and sectors per track) used by the BIOS to translate disk I/O requests (from the operating system or an application) into terms the hard drive can accept. Logical cylinders may not exceed 1024. The number of heads may not exceed 256. The number of sectors per track may not exceed 63.

CAUTION: Ordinarily, the translation mode selected automatically by the BIOS should not be changed. If the selected translation mode is not compatible with the translation mode that was active when the disk was partitioned and formatted, the data on the disk will be inaccessible.

●CD-ROM: Model, firmware version, serial number, connector color (not included for USB CD- ROM).

●SSD Life Used

NOTE: Displays for solid-state drives.

●SMART (ATA disks only)

●Diskette: Model and firmware version.

NOTE: Displays for USB diskette drives.

●Default Values (ATA disks only)

See Translation Mode above for details.

SATA Defaults

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