INSTALLATION
Comment: When LBA is enabled, some BIOS programs (typically Award) will change the values of the cylinders and heads by dividing the cylinders by 2, 4, 8 or 16 and multiplying the heads by the same value. This operation will not change the capacity of the hard drive.
If the system correctly detects the drive and does not hang during the boot process proceed to Section 9, If the system hung during the POST proceed to Section 8. If Auto Detect did not find the drive and no error message was presented proceed to step 2 below.
2Enter the BIOS menu where the hard drive definitions are displayed and select the appropriate entry (Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master or Secondary Slave – or their equivalents) for the Maxtor hard drive. If the SETUP program does not provide an AUTO DETECT capability, the drive parameters must be set using the User Definable Type (UDT).
Set the Cylinder, Head and Sector values with the values listed on the drive label. The drive label is located on the top cover of the drive. The fields LZone (Landing Zone) and WPcom (Write
Only the cylinder, head and sector values listed in the table must be entered. All other values may be zero (0). Set the LBA mode to enabled for this drive. Refer to the system user’s manual or contact the system manufacturer for information on enabling LBA.
If the SETUP program does not provide the UDT, set the BIOS to the drive type with the largest capacity of those listed in the BIOS.
CAfter the drive parameters are entered, follow the SETUP program procedures to save the settings and exit the SETUP program. After changing BIOS settings, saving the values and exiting, the SETUP program should force the system to
If you are not sure how the UDT is defined in the BIOS, refer to the computer user’s manual or contact the system manufacturer. Companies like Compaq, IBM and HP use their own unique definitions and setup procedures.
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