Operation Manual

2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS setup
IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter]
Allows auto-detection of the hard disk drive’s specications.
IDE Channel 0, 1 Master/Slave [Auto]
Sets the selected channel as Master or Slave.
Conguration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual]
Access Mode [Auto]
This item allows the user to select the sector addressing mode. CHS
mode supports 528 MB hard disks. LBA (logical block addressing)
mode supports hard disks up to 128 GB in size. Large mode (also
called extended CHS mode) supports hard disks above 528 MB in size,
but does not support LBA mode. Conguration options: [CHS] [LBA]
[Large] [Auto]
Before attempting to congure a hard disk drive, make sure you
have the correct conguration information supplied by the drive
manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause the system to fail to
recognize the installed hard disk.
Capacity
Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. This item is not
congurable.
Cylinder
Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders. This item is not
congurable.
Head
Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not
congurable.
Precomp
Shows the number of precomp per track. This item is not congurable.
Landing Zone
Shows the number of landing zone per track. This item is not
congurable.
Sector
Shows the number of sectors per track. This item is not congurable.
After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into the 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.