IBM CI5VGM Series Time, Primary HDDs / Secondary HDDs, Cyls, Head, Precomp, Landz, Sector, Size

Chapter 3 BIOS Configuration

Time

The time format is: Hour : 00 to 23

Minute : 00 to 59

Second : 00 to 59

To set the time, highlight the “Time” field and use the <PgUp>/ <PgDn> or +/- keys to set the current time.

Primary HDDs / Secondary HDDs

The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices. Each channel can support up to two hard disks; the first is the “Master” and the second is the “Slave”.

To enter the specifications for a hard disk drive, you must select first a “Type”. There are 45 predefined types and 4 user definable types are for Enhanced IDE BIOS. Type 1 to 45 are predefined. Type “User” is user-definable. For the Primary Master/Slave as well as Secondary Master/Slave, you can select “Auto” under the TYPE and MODE fields. This will enable auto detection of your IDE drives and CD-ROM drive during POST.

Press <PgUp>/<PgDn> to select a numbered hard disk type or type the number and press the <Enter> key. The hard disk will not work properly if you enter incorrect information for this field. If your hard disk drive type is not matched or listed, you can use Type User to define your own drive type manually. If you select Type User, related information is asked to be entered to the following items.

CYLS :	Number of cylinders
HEAD :	Number of read/write heads
PRECOMP :	Write precompensation
LANDZ :	Landing zone
SECTOR :	Number of sectors
SIZE :	Automatically adjust according to the configuration
MODE (for IDE HDD only) : Auto
	Normal (HD < 528MB)
	Large	(for MS-DOS only)
	LBA	(HD > 528MB and supports
		Logical Block Addressing)

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