Siemens PC 670 manual Field Type

Release 04/02 Configuring the Computing Unit in BIOS Setup

Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master, Secondary Slave

The system jumps to the following submenu when you select this type of menu field:

PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility

Main

Primary Master [20496 MB]				Item Specific Help
				[Auto] (recommended)
Type:	[	Auto	]
				Autotypes installed
LBA Format				IDE-devices
Total Sectors:	40031712			[USER]
Maximum Capacity:	20496 MB
				Enter parameters of
Multi-Sector Transfers:	[16 Sectors]			IDE-devices installed
				at this connection
LBA Mode Control:	[Enabled]
32 Bit I/O:	[Enabled]
Transfer Mode:	[FPIO 4 / DMA 2]
Ultra DMA Mode:	[Disabled]

F1 Help ESC Exit

Select Item	+ / –	Change Values	F9	Setup Defaults
Select Menu	Enter	Select Sub-Menu	F10	Save and Exit

Figure 5-3 Primary Master

Field Type

The parameters you can select here are normally stored on your IDE drive. The ’Auto’ setting in the Type field means that these values are automatically read from the drive and written into memory (Autodetect).

If Type is selected for a drive that cannot be detected, a timer times out in approximately 1 minute and the entries remain unchanged. You should always check that the interfaces for which you select ’Auto’ are in fact connected to drives.

Select “User” if you want to define the hard-disk type yourself, in which case remember that you also have to set the other fields, including Cylinder, Heads, Sectors/Track and WritePrecomp, to the correct values for the type of hard disk in question.

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