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Primary IDE Master:
Type
Cylinders
Heads
Write Precompensation
Sectors
Maximum Capacity
LBA Mode
Block Mode
Fast Programmed I/O Modes
32 Bit Transfer Mode
Ultra DMA Mode
F1:Help
Esc:Previous Menu
TYPE
It allows user to select the type of the IDE Drive. Below are the
configuration options. After making your selections on this sub-menu,
press <ESC> key to return to the upper menu, in whcih the hard
disk drive field will display the size for the hard disk drive that you
configured.
[USER]: It allows user to manually enter the number of cylinders,
heads, and sectors per track for the drive.
Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, make sure
you have the correct configuration information supplied by
the drive manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause the
system to fail to recognize the installed hard disk.
[Auto]:Select [Auto] to automatically detect hard disk drive. If
auto-detection is successful, the BIOS Setup automatically fills in the
correct values for the remaining fields on this sub-menu. If the auto-
detection fails, it may due to that the hard disk is too old or too new.
If the hard disk was already formatted on an older system, the BIOS
Setup may detect incorrect parameters. In these cases, select [User]
to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters.
After entering the hard disk information into BIOS, use a disk
utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format new IDE hard
disk drives. This is necessary so that you can write or read
data from the hard disk. Make sure to set the partition of the
Primary IDE hard disk drives to active.
AMIBIOS SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 3.31a
Auto
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Off
Off
Auto
Off
Auto
:Select Item
+/-:Change Values
Enter:Select
[ Setup Help ]
Select how to set the
parameters of drive,
Or
Select [AUTO] to set
all HDD parameters
automatically.
F9:Setup Defaults
F10:Save & Exit
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