Western Digital WD Caviar Installation Manual page 44

A. Use EZ-Drive.
If the system locks up and prevents entry to CMOS, you may
need to turn off your system power and disconnect the
IDE interface cable from the system.
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Enter your CMOS setup. Refer to your system manual
for instructions.
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Select the Hard Disk Type option for the new Western
Digital hard drive. Select a user defined drive type and
enter: 1023 cylinders, 16 heads, and 63 sectors. If your
system does not have a user defined drive type, select
Type 9.
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Reconnect your IDE interface cable to the system.
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Install EZ-Drive.
These new settings allow your system to boot so that you can
install EZ-Drive to access the full capacity of the drive.
– OR –
If you don't have a user defined or Type 9 drive type, use
option B, C, or D below to change the parameters reported
to the BIOS.
B. Upgrade your system BIOS. A properly upgraded system
BIOS will support the hard drive. Contact your system
manufacturer. See page 30 for a list of BIOS sources and
phone numbers.
C. Install an EIDE controller card with an onboard BIOS that
supports hard drives larger than 2.1 GB.
D. Rejumper the drive as described on the following page and
install EZ-Drive. With these alternate jumper settings, you
MUST install EZ-Drive. In the future, if you move this
drive to another system, you must put the jumper back to
the standard position.
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