Asus PCH-DL User Manual page 67

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Manually detecting an IDE drive
If you wish to manually enter the drive information, set the Primary IDE
Master item to [Manual], and the Access Mode item to [CHS].
Auto-Detection
Primary IDE Master
Access Mode
Capacity
Cylinder
Head
Precomp
Landing Zone
Sector
PIO Mode
UDMA Mode
Transfer Mode
S.M.A.R.T. Status
Before attempting to manually configure an IDE drive, make sure that
you have the correct configuration information supplied by the drive
manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause the system to fail to
recognize the installed IDE drive!
To manually enter the number of cylinder, head, precomp, landing zone,
and sector per track for the drive, highlight an item, key-in the value that
you obtained from the drive documentation, then press Enter. Refer to the
drive documentation or the drive label for this information.
To enter a value, you may also highlight the item, then press Enter to
display a pop-up menu. Type in the value from the drive documentation,
then press Enter.
Capacity [xxxxx MB]
Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. The value is not user-
configurable.
Cylinder
Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders.
Head
Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads.
ASUS PCH-DL motherboard
Primary Master
[Press Enter]
[Manual]
[CHS]
0 MB
0
0
0
0
0
[Auto]
[Auto]
None
None
Select Menu
Item Specific Help
Selects the type of
fixed disk connected
to the system.
[Manual] lets you
select the number of
cylinders, heads, etc.
Note: PRECOMP=65535
means NONE.
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