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AMI BIOS SETUP
Configuring IDE Drives : If the hard disk drive to be configured is an IDE drive, select
the appropriate drive icon (Pri Master, Pri Slave).
Select the IDE Detect icon to
automatically detect all drive parameters.
AMIBIOS automatically detects the IDE drive parameters (including ATAPI CD ROM
drives) and displays them. Click on the OK button to accept these parameters or you
can set the parameters manually if you are absolutely certain that you know the correct
IDE drive 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 for IDE drive that permit 32-bit
accesses.
Click on PIO Mode to select the IDE Programmed I/O mode. PIO programming also
works with ATAPI CD-ROM drives. The settings are Auto, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. Click on
Auto to allow AMIBIOS to automatically find 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).
Choose the Type parameter and select CDROM. You can boot the computer from a
CD-ROM drive. You can also choose Auto and let AMIBIOS automatically set the
correct drive parameters.
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