Advanced/ZP Technical Product Summary • Page 25
Number of Cylinders
If Hard Disk Type is set to User Definable, you must type the correct number of cylinders for your hard disk. If Hard
Disk Type is set to Auto Configured, this reports the number of cylinders for your hard disk and cannot be modified.
Number of Heads
If Hard Disk Type is set to User Definable, you must type the correct number of heads for your hard disk. If Hard Disk
Type is set to Auto Configured, this reports the number of heads for your hard disk and cannot be modified.
Number of Sectors
If Hard Disk Type is set to User Definable, you must type the correct number of sectors for your hard disk. If Hard Disk
Type is set to Auto Configured, this reports the number of sectors for your hard disk and cannot be modified.
Maximum Capacity
This reports the maximum capacity of your hard disk. It is calculated from the number of cylinders, heads, and sectors.
This is informational only, and there are no options here.
Initialization Timeout
When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to specify the amount of time the system allows for auto-
configuring an IDE drive before reporting that a drive is not present. The options are Disabled, 5, 10, or 31 seconds.
The default setting for drive C: is 5 seconds, and the default for drives D:, E:, and F: is Disabled. To decrease boot-up
time, you can set the time-out specification to Disabled for any drive not in the system. Furthermore, many hard drives
do not require 5 seconds for auto-configuration. You may try setting the time-out to Disabled for a hard drive in your
system. When set to Disabled, the system will try to auto-configure your drive once. If you set the time-out to Disabled
and the drive is not detected, reset the time-out to a higher setting.
IDE Translation Mode
When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to specify the IDE translation mode. The options are
Standard CHS (standard cylinder head sector — less than 1024 cylinders), Logical Block Addressing (LBA), Extended
CHS (extended cylinder head sector — greater than 1024 cylinders), and Auto Detected (BIOS detects IDE drive
support for LBA). The default is Auto-detected.
Do not change this from the option selected when the hard drive was formatted. Changing the option may result in
corrupted data or drive not properly recognized.
Multiple Sector Setting
When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set the IDE programmed I/O cycles so that multiple
sectors are transferred in a single block. This only affects drives connected to the ISA/IDE connector. The options are
Disabled, 4 Sectors/Block, 8 Sectors/Block, or Auto Detected. The default is Auto Detected. Check the specifications
for your hard disk drive to determine which setting will provide the optimum performance for your drive.
Fast Programmed I/O Modes
When selected, this brings up a dialog box that allows you to set how fast transfers on the PCI IDE interface occur. The
options are Disabled or Auto Detected. The default is Auto Detected. If set to Disabled, transfers occur at an un-
optimized speed. If set to Auto Detected, transfers occur at the drive’s maximum speed.