NEC POWERMATE eco Service And Reference Manual page 30

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Menu Item
Type
Cylinders
Heads
Sectors
Maximum Capacity
Multi-Sector Transfers
LBA Mode Control
32-Bit I/O
Main Menu Items
Settings (default is bold)
User, Auto, None, CD-ROM, ATAPI Removable, IDE
Removable
When set to Auto, the values for Cylinders, Heads, Sectors,
and Maximum Capacity are displayed but are read only.
When set to Auto, the BIOS detects what the drive is capable
of, not the translation mechanism that was used to format the
drive. If a drive is run in a mode other than the mode in which
it was partitioned and formatted, unpredictable results may
occur, including data loss.
When set to None, informs the system to ignore this drive.
When set to CD-ROM, ATAPI Removable, or IDE Removable,
allows the manual entry of multi-sector transfers, LBA mode
control, 32-bit I/O transfer mode, ultra DMA mode, and
SMART monitor.
When set to User, allows the manual entry of all the following
fields.
CHS Format (label field only)
When Type is Auto, value in the Cylinders field is auto-
detected and field is read only.
When Type is Auto, value in Heads field is auto-detected and
field is read only.
When Type is Auto, value in Sectors field is auto-detected and
field is read only.
xxxx MB
Disabled, 2, 4, 8, 16 sectors
Determines the number of sectors per block for multi-sector
transfers.
When Type is Auto, value in Multi-Sector Transfers field is
auto-detected and field is read only.
Enabled, Disabled
When Enabled is selected, it causes logical block addressing
to be used in place of cylinders, heads, and sectors.
When Type is set to Auto, the value in the LBA Mode field is
auto-detected and the field is read only.
Disabled, Enabled
When Enabled, allows 32-bit data transfers.
Setup and Configuration 2-9

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