Award BIOS Description
IDE HDD Auto Detection
The Enhanced IDE features are included in all Award BIOS. Below is a brief description of
these features.
HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Primary Master:
Select Primary Master Option (N=Ski p ): N
OPTION SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ
2(Y)
541
525
1
541 1050
3
541
525
Note: Some OSes (l i ke SCO-UNIX) must use "NORMAL" for install a tion
Figure-11 IDE HDD Auto Detection Menu
1. S e t up C ha ng e s
With auto-detection
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BIOS setup will display all possible modes supported by the HDD
including NORMAL, LBA and LARGE.
•
If HDD does not support LBA modes, no 'LBA' option will be shown.
•
If number of physical cylinder is less than or equal to 1024,'LARGE'
option may not be shown.
•
Users can select their appropriate mode .
With Standard CMOS Setup
CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LAND SECTOR
Drive C: User(516MB) 1120
Drive D: None(203MB)
684
When HDD type is in 'user' type, the 'MODE' option will be available for users to
select their own HDD mode.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A69KQ10)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
32
0
1049
16
65535
1049
32
65535
1049
ESC: Skip
ZONE
16
65535
1119
16
65535
685
M a nua l f or B r i l l i a nX 8V
SECTOR
MODE
67
LBA
63
NORMAL
63
LARG
MODE
59
Normal
38
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