Changing Disk Drive Configuration - IBM Aptiva Series Hardware Maintenance

Changing Disk Drive Configuration

If you install a new diskette, hard disk, or CD-ROM drive, BIOS auto-detects
the presence of these devices. Enter the Setup Utility to identify or verify the
type of drive installed in the computer.
From the Setup Utility Main Menu, select the System Information to display a
screen with a list of the devices installed. The device settings in this screen
are not configurable.
If you want to change any drive setting, select Disk Drives from the main
menu. The Disk Drives menu appears showing the cylinders, heads, sectors,
and size of the hard disk drives installed in your computer.
Diskette drive (A: or B:)
These options display the size and storage capacity of the currently installed
diskette drive or drives. Empty drive bays are indicated with a "None" setting.
Your Aptiva computer comes with a diskette drive A:. If you add an additional
diskette drive, it will be designated as diskette drive B.
IDE hard disks and CD-ROM drives
These options display the IDE hard disks and CD-ROM drives that either are
already installed or can be installed in your computer. You can have a
maximum of four IDE drives.
The drives are identified as follows:
•
IDE 1st Channel Master is attached to IDE connector 1 on the system
board and set as the master device. This is the hard disk that comes
preinstalled with your computer.
•
IDE 1st Channel Slave (if installed) is attached to IDE connector 1 on the
system board and set as the slave device.
•
IDE 2nd Channel Master (if installed) is attached to IDE connector 2 on the
system board and set as the master device.
•
IDE 2nd Channel Slave (if installed) is attached to IDE connector 2 on the
system board and set as the slave device. Normally, a preinstalled CD-
ROM drive is connected here.
If the cylinders, heads, sectors, and size of a particular drive channel appear,
it means that a hard disk drive is installed in that channel.
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