Onboard Ide; Ide Drives - Acer M9N System User Manual

3.2.3

Onboard IDE

When set to , this parameter enables the IDE drives installed
Enabled
in the system. Setting to
grays the IDE Drive parameters.
3.2.4

IDE Drives

Move the highlight bar to the IDE Drive 0 parameter to configure the
first IDE drive (drive C). Press
types with their respective values. Select the type that corresponds to
your drive. Follow the same procedure for the other drives, if any.
Choose None if you do not have other drives.
Selecting the "Auto" Option
If you do not know the exact type of your IDE drive, select the option
Auto . During the power-on self-test (POST), when the system
performs self-testing and self-initialization before loading the
operating system and applications, the BIOS utility automatically
determines your IDE drive type. You can see the drive type and its
values when you enter the BIOS Utility.
IDE Drive 0 (xx MB) ... [Auto]
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Disabled deactivates the IDE drives and
or to display the IDE hard disk
Cylinder Head Sector
xx xx xx
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