Mitsubishi Electronics 340 Mouse, Settings, Parameter, IDE Drives Setup

U s i n g t h e B I O S S e t u p U t i l i t y

Mouse

This option enables the use of a mouse. The actual presence of a mouse can then be detected by POST. You should not normally disable this option.

IDE Drives Setup

The motherboard’s two IDE/ATA (Integrated Drive Electronics AT- Attachment) interfaces support a total of four drives (that is, two drives per interface).

However, the computer itself can accommodate at most two hard disk drives plus one removable-media drive, typically a CD-ROM drive. The hard disk drives should be connected to the primary IDE interface, and the CD-ROM drive connected to the secondary interface.

Hard disk drives

Hard disk size and type is auto-detected when the computer is turned on, but two other parameters can be manually set for each drive.

Parameter	Settings
IDE Performance	High Performance mode allows the
	system to make use of any performance
	enhancement features the drive may have.
	You should select Compatible mode for
	older hard disk drives or drives that do
	not follow the IDE/ATA specification.
IDE Translation Mode	Select Extended CHS (cylinder, head,
	sector) to enable the scheme that allows
	the BIOS to access hard disk drives of
	greater than 504 Mbytes capacity. You
	might need to select Standard CHS if your
	operating system does not support
	Extended CHS for large drives.

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