Ide Hard Disk Drive Submenu Options; Table 3-2 Bios Setup Ide Hard Disk Drive Configuration Options - Fujitsu Stylistic 2300 Technical Reference Manual

IDE Hard Disk Drive Submenu Options

Options and settings for the IDE Hard Disk Drive Submenu are given in Table 3-2.

Table 3-2 BIOS Setup IDE Hard Disk Drive Configuration Options

Option
HDD Configuration
Size
Cylinders*
Heads*
Sectors Per Track*
Multisector Transfers*
LBA Mode Control*
Transfer Mode*
Ultra DMA Mode*
* These values can be changed when User Defined is selected.
Settings
Auto Detect
User Defined
Disable HDD
XXXX MB
0 to 65535
1 to 16
0 to 63
Disabled
2 Sectors
4 Sectors
8 Sectors
16 Sectors
MAXnnn
Disabled
Enabled
Standard
Fast PIO 1
Fast PIO 2
Fast PIO 3 / DMA
Fast PIO 4 / DMA
Disabled
Mode 0
Mode 1
Mode 2
Description
IDE hard disk drive configuration method.
Select Auto Detect to load configuration parameters
from the hard disk drive automatically. Selecting User
Defined allows you to manually enter parameter
values for the remaining options listed in this table.
Displays the size of the hard disk drive.
Number of cylinders.
Number of read/write heads.
Number of sectors per track.
Number of sectors used in multisector transfers.
You can cycle through the settings for this option
repeatedly to select values larger than 16 sectors up
to the maximum (MAXnnn) allowable for the hard
disk drive. (Selecting the maximum, or values larger
than the default may degrade performance.)
Logical Block Address (LBA) mode control. Selecting
Enabled causes logical block addressing to be used
instead of cylinder, head, and sector addressing.
Determines the method for data transfers to and from
the hard disk drive.
(Choosing Auto Detect for the HDD Configuration
option selects the optimum setting for this option.)
Determines the mode used for ultra-DMA transfers.
(Choosing Auto Detect for the HDD Configuration
option selects the optimum setting for this option.)
BIOS Setup
Microsoft Corp. Exhibit 1020
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