Ide Hdd Auto Detection - EPOX EP-3VBA User Manual

EP-3VBA
The "IDE 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 "IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION" utility. The BIOS will Auto-
detect the hard disk size and model on display during POST.
HARD DISKS TYPE
Primary Master :
OPTIONSSIZE
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 NOR-
MAL 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(2A6LGPAA)
CMOS SETUP UTILITY
AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
SIZE CYLS HEADS
Select Secondary Slave Option (N=Skip) : N
CYLS HEAD PRECOMP
524 255
14848 9
928 144
ESC : Skip
Figure 10: IDE HDD Auto Detection
(1024)
( 16)
( 63)
( 512)
528 Megabytes
PRECOMP LANDZONE
LANDZ SECTOR MODE
0 14847
65535 14847
65535 14847
BIOS
SECTORS MODE
63 LBA
63 NORMAL
63 LARGE
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