Ide Hdd Auto Detection - EPOX EP-6VBA2 User Manual

EP-6VBA2

4-10 IDE HDD Auto Detection

The "IIDE HDD auto detection" utility is a very useful tool, especially when you
do not know which kind of hard disk type you are using. You can use this utility to
detect the correct disk type installed in the system automatically. But now you
can set HARD DISK TYPE to Auto in the STANDARD CMOS SETUP. You don't
need the "IIDE HDD AUTO DETECTION" utility. The BIOS will Auto-detect the
hard disk size and model on display during POST.
HARD DISKS TYPE
Primary Master :
OPTIONS SIZE
2 (Y) 4310
1 4310
3 4310
N o t e : S o m e O S e s ( l i k e S C O - U N I X ) m u s t u s e N O R M A L f o r i n s t a l l a t i o n
Note: HDD Modes
The Award BIOS supports 3 HDD modes : NORMAL, LBA & LARGE NORMAL
mode
Generic access mode in which neither the BIOS nor the IDE controller will make
any transformations during accessing.
The maximum number of cylinders, head & sectors for NORMAL mode are
1024, 16 & 63.
no. Cylinder
x no. Head
x no. Sector
x no. per sector
ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A6LJPA9)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
SIZE CYLS HEADS
Select Secondary Slave Option (N=Skip) : N
CYLS HEAD
524 255
14848 9
928 144
ESC : Skip
Figure 8: IDE HDD Auto Detection
(1024)
( 16)
( 63)
( 512)
528 Megabytes
PRECOMP LANDZONE
PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
0 14847
65535 14847
65535 14847
BIOS
SECTORS MODE
63 LBA
63 NORMAL
63 LARGE
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