Intel 945GC IDE HDD Auto-Detection, IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave,SATA Channel 1~4, Access Mode

Intel 945 Series User's Manual

 IDE HDD Auto-Detection

This item allows you to detect the parameters of IDE drives by pressing <Enter> key. The parameters will be shown on the screen automatically.

 IDE Channel 0 Master/Slave,SATA Channel 1~4

When set to [Auto], the BIOS will automatically check what kind of IDE or SATA hard drive you are using. If you want to define your own drive yourself, set it to [Manual] and make sure you fully understand the meaning of the parameters. Please refer to the instruction manual provided by the device’s manufacturer to get the setting right.

 Access Mode

This item selects the mode to access your IDE or SATA devices. Leave this item at its default [Auto] setting to detect the access mode of your HDD automatically.

Capacity

 This item displays the approximate capacity of the disk drive. Usually the size is slightly greater than the size of a formatted disk given by a disk-checking program.

 Cylinder

 This item configures the numbers of cylinders.

 Head

 This item configures the numbers of read/write heads.

 Precomp

 This item displays the number of cylinders at which to change the write timing.

 Landing Zone

 This item displays the number of cylinders specified as the landing zone for the read/write

 heads.

 Sector

 This item configures the numbers of sectors per track.

 • Back to Standard CMOS Features Setup Menu

・Drive A & Drive B

 This item sets the type of floppy drives (usually only Drive A) installed.

・ Halt On

 This item determines whether the system stops if an error is detected during system boot-up.

 [All Errors]: The system-boot will stop whenever the BIOS detect a non-fatal error.

 [No Errors]: The system-boot will not stop for any error detected.

 [All, But Keyboard]: The system-boot will stop for all errors except a keyboard error.

 [All, But Diskette]: The system-boot will stop for all errors except a diskette error.

 [All, But Disk/Key]: The system-boot will stop for all errors except a diskette or keyboard error.

・Base Memory

 This item displays the amount of base memory installed in the system. The value of the

  base memory is typically 640K for systems with 640K or more memory size installed on  

 the mainboard.

・Extended Memory

 This item displays the amount of extended memory detected during system boot-up.

・ Total Memory

 This item displays the total memory available in the system.

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