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Capacity
If you select Detect C: or Detect D: from the Utility section of the WinBIOS Setup main menu, WinBIOS automatically
finds all IDE hard disk drive parameters. WinBIOS places the hard disk drive parameters that it finds in the Drive C:
Type or Drive D: Type fields in Standard Setup.
3.8
Advanced Setup
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The Advanced Setup option is selected by choosing the "Advanced" icon from the Setup section of the AMI
WinBIOS Setup main menu selection screen. The Advanced Setup screen should be as follows:
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)
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Typematic Rate sets the rate at which characters on the screen repeat when a key is pressed and held down. The
settings are 15, 20, or 30 characters per second.
System Keyboard
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This option does not specify if a keyboard is attached to the computer. Rather, it specifies if error messages are
displayed if a keyboard is not attached. This option permits you to configure workstations with no keyboards. The
settings are Absent or Present.
Primary Display
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Select this option to configure the type of monitor attached to the computer. The settings are Mono, CGA 80x25,
Color 40x25, VGA/EGA, or Absent.
Mouse Support
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When this option is enabled, WinBIOS supports a PS/2-type mouse. The settings are Enabled or Disabled.
Above 1 MB Memory Test
Sectors
The number of sectors per track. MFM drives have 17 sectors per track. RLL drives
have 26 sectors per track. ESDI drives have 34 sectors per track. SCSI and IDE drive
may have even more sectors per track.
The formatted capacity of the drive is (Number of heads) x (Number of cylinders) x
(Number of sectors per track) x (512 bytes per sector)
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