VIA Technologies A7F129 Manual page 44

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IDE Primary/Secondary Master/Slave: If you leave this item at
Auto, the system will automatically detect and configure any IDE
devices it finds. If it fails to find a hard disk, change the value to
Manual and then manually configure the drive by entering the char-
acteristics of the drive in the items below (Capacity, Cylinder, Head,
Precomp, etc.). Refer to your drive's documentation or look on the
drive if you need to obtain this information. If no device is installed,
change the value to None.
Access Mode: This item defines some special ways that can be used
to access IDE hard disks such as LBA (Logical Block Addressing).
Leave this value at Auto and the system will automatically decide the
fastest way to access the hard disk drive.
Press <Esc> to close the IDE device sub-menu and return to the
Standard CMOS Features page.
Floppy Drive A and Floppy Drive B: Options for these fields are:
The Not Installed option could be used as an option for diskless
workstations.
Video: Set this field to the type of graphics card installed in your sys-
tem. If you are using a VGA or higher resolution card, choose the
EGA/VGA option. The options are:
Halt On: This setting determines which type of errors will cause the
system to halt during bootup. The options are:
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None (Not Installed)
360K, 5.25 in.
1.2M, 5.25in.
720K, 3.5in.
1.44M, 3.5in.
2.88M, 3.5in.
EGA/VGA (default)
CGA 40
CGA 80
MONO
All Errors
No Errors
Standard CMOS Features

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