Ide Hdd Auto Detection - EPOX EP-61BXC-A User Manual

BIOS

4-9 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
Primary Master
OPTIONS
2 (Y)
1
3
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
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ROM PCI/ISA BIOS(2A69KPA9)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
TYPE SIZE CYLS HEADS PRECOMP LANDZONE SECTORS MODE
:
Select Secondary Slave Option (N=Skip) : N
SIZE CYLS HEAD
4310 524
4310 14848
4310 928
Figure 8: IDE HDD Auto Detection
(1024)
( 16)
( 63)
( 512)
528 Megabytes
PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
255 0
9 65535
144 65535
ESC : Skip
EP-61BXC-A
14847 63 LBA
14847 63 NORMAL
14847 63 LARGE