User's Manual

ASUS P5ND2-SLI SeriesASUS P5ND2-SLI Series

ASUS P5ND2-SLI Series

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CapacityCapacity

Capacity

Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. This item is not

configurable.

CylinderCylinder

Cylinder

Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders. This item is not configurable.

HeadHead

Head

Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not

configurable.

SectorSector

Sector

Shows the number of sectors per track. This item is not configurable.

PIO ModePIO Mode

PIO Mode

Sets the PIO mode for the IDE device.

Configuration options: [Auto] [Mode 0] [Mode 1] [Mode 2] [Mode 3]

[Mode 4]

UDMA ModeUDMA Mode

UDMA Mode

Disables or sets the UDMA mode. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]

Transfer ModeTransfer Mode

Transfer Mode

Shows the Transfer mode. This item is not configurable.

After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS, use a disk

utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives.

This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk.

Make sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to

active.