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interface, and the CD-ROM drive connected to the secondary
interface.
IDE Translation Mode
Select Extended CHS (cylinder, head, sector) to enable the scheme
that allows the BIOS to access hard disk drives of greater than 504
Mbytes capacity. You might need to select Standard CHS if your
operating system does not support Extended CHS for large drives.
Hard disk drives
Hard disk size and type is auto-detected when the computer is
turned on, but other parameters can be manually set for each drive.
Parameter
Transfer Mode
Logical Block Address
(LBA) Mode
Date and Time
Use this to adjust the motherboard's Real Time Clock (RTC). This
clock is maintained by a battery while the computer is turned off.
Time
The time is in 24-hour format. Use the
keys to move from hours to minutes to seconds. To enter new
values use the number keys, or the
increase or decrease the current setting.
Date
The date is in the usual Day / Month / Year format. The procedure for
alerting the date is the same as for the time.
S y s t e m B I O S a n d S e t u p
Settings
You can either select Manual or
Automatic. If you select manual then
you will be required to specify the
transfer mode of the hard disk drive.
Select Supported if your hard disk drive
is 8 Gbytes or larger as LBA mode offers
significant performance benefits.
LEFT
(+) and
PLUS
LS/VS 550 OWNER'S HANDBOOK
and
RIGHT ARROW
(-) keys to
MINUS
B/7
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