Acer Power User Manual page 49

The following screen appears if you select any of the IDE Drive parameters:
Type ............................ [ Auto ]
Cylinder ....................... [ XXXX ]
Head ........................... [ XXXX ]
Sector ......................... [ XXXX ]
Size ........................... [ XXXX ] MB
Hard Disk Size > 504MB .......... [ Auto ]
*Hard Disk Block Mode ............ [ Auto ]
*Advanced PIO Mode ............... [ Auto ]
*Hard Disk 32-Bit Access ......... [ Enabled ]
*DMA Transfer Mode ............... [ Auto ]
*CD-ROM Drive DMA Mode ........... [ Disabled]
↑↓ = Move Highlight Bar,
Type
This parameter lets you specify the type of hard disk installed in your system. If you want
BIOS to automatically configure your hard disk, select Auto. If you know your hard disk
type, you can enter the setting manually.
Setting this parameter also sets the Cylinder, Head, Sector, and Size parameters. The
default setting is Auto.
Cylinder
This parameter specifies the number of cylinders of your hard disk, and is automatically
set depending on your Type parameter setting.
IDE Primary/Secondary
Channel Master/Slave
→ ← = Change Setting, F1 = Help
The above parameters marked with (*) will only
appear if you access the advanced configuration
level in the Main Menu. Please refer to section
2.1 for more information.
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