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AWARD BIOS
Standard CMOS à Primary Master à Type
Standard CMOS à Primary Slave à Type
Standard CMOS à Secondary Master à Type
Standard CMOS à Secondary Slave à Type
Type
This item lets you select the IDE hard disk parameters
that your system supports. These parameters are Size,
Auto
Number of Cylinder, Number of Head, Start Cylinder for
User
Pre-compensation, Cylinder number of Head Landing
None
Zone
and Number of Sector per Track. The default
1
setting is Auto , which enables BIOS to automatically
2
detect the parameters of installed HDD at POST (Power-
On Self Test). If you prefer to enter HDD parameters
...
manually, select User. Select None if no HDD is
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connected to the system.
The IDE CDROM is always automatically detected.
Tip: For an IDE hard disk, we recommend that
you use the "IDE HDD Auto Detection" to enter
the drive specifications automatically. See the
section "IDE HDD Auto Detection".
Standard CMOS à Primary Master à Mode
Standard CMOS à Primary Slave à Mode
Standard CMOS à Secondary Master à Mode
Standard CMOS à Secondary Slave à Mode
The enhanced IDE feature allows the system to use a
Mode
hard disk with a capacity of more than 528MB. This is
Auto
made possible through the Logical Block Address (LBA)
Normal
mode translation.
LBA
standard feature of current IDE hard disk on the market
because of its capability to support capacity larger than
Large
528MB. Note that if HDD is formatted with LBA On, it will
not be able to boot with LBA Off.
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The LBA is now considered as a
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