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Standard Setup,
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Configuring IDE Drives
If the hard disk drive to be configured is an IDE drive, select the appropriate drive icon (Pri Master,
Pri Slave, Sec Master, or Sec Slave). Choose the Type parameter and select Auto.
AMIBIOS automatically detects the IDE drive parameters and displays them. Click on the OK button to
accept these parameters.
Click on LBA/Large Mode and choose On to enable support for IDE drives with capacities greater than 528
MB.
Click on Block Mode and choose On to support IDE drives that use Block Mode.
Click on 32Bit Mode and click on On to support IDE drives that permit 32-bit accesses.
Click on PIO Mode to select the IDE Programmed I/O mode. The settings are Auto, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. Click
on Auto to allow AMIBIOS to automatically choose the PIO mode that the IDE drive being configured uses.
If you select 0-5 you must make absolutely certain that you are selecting the PIO mode supported by the
IDE drive being configured.
Configuring a CD-ROM Drive Select the appropriate drive icon (Pri Master, Pri Slave, Sec Master, or Sec Slave). Choose the
Type parameter and select CDROM.
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