ASROCK P4I45GV R5.0 User Manual page 22

TYPE
To set the type of the IDE device, first, please select "IDE Devices" on Main
menu and press <Enter> to get into the sub-menu. Then, select among
"Primary IDE Master", "Primary IDE Slave", "Secondary IDE Master", and
"Secondary IDE Slave" to make configuration of its type. Below are the
configuration options.
F1:Help
Esc:Previous Menu
[USER]: It allows user to manually enter the number of cylinders, heads,
[Auto]: Select [Auto] to automatically detect hard disk drive. If auto-
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AMIBIOS SETUP UTILITY - VERSION 3.31a
Main
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
:Select Item
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.
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.
Select how to set the
parameters of drive,
Auto
Or
Select [AUTO] to set
all HDD parameters
automatically.
On
On
Auto
On
Auto
+/-:Change Values
Enter:Select Sub-Menu
[ Setup Help ]
F9:Setup Defaults
F10:Save & Exit