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The "IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION" utility is a very useful tool especially when
you do not know which kind of hard disk type you are using. You can use this
utility to detect the correct disk type and install in the system automatically. Also
you can set HARD DISK TYPE to "Auto" in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP to
have same result. The BIOS will Auto-detect the hard disk size and model on
display during POST.
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (2A5IIJ19)
HARD DISKS
Primary Master :
Primary Slave :
Secondary Master :
Se
OPTIONS SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
1 (Y)
0
Esc : Quit
F1 : Help
NOTE: HDD Modes
The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes : NORMAL, LBA & LARGE
NORMAL mode
Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make
any transformations during accessing.
The maximum number of cylinders, head & sectors for NORMAL mode are 1024,
16 & 63.
no. Cylinder
x
no. Head
x
no. Sector
x
no. per sector
If user set this HDD to NORMAL mode, the maximum accessible HDD size will be
528 Megabytes even though its physical size may be greater than that!
LBA (Logical Block Addressing) mode
A new HDD accessing method to overcome the 528 Megabyte bottleneck. The
number of cylinders, heads & sectors shown in setup may not be the number
physically contained in the HDD.
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Select Secondary Slave Option (N=Skip):N
0
0
0
0
0 NORMAL
↑↓→← : Select Item
(Shift)F2: Change Color
Figure 3-10
(
16)
528 Megabytes
Pu/Pd/+/- : Modify
(1024)
(
63)
( 512)
35
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