Ide Hdd Auto Detection - Intel I440 LX User Manual

3-9 .IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION

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
OR 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.
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.
IF USER SET THIS HDD TO NORMAL MODE, THE MAXIMUM
ACCESSIBLE HDD SIZE WILL BE 528 MEGABYTES EVEN THOUGH ITS
PHYSICAL SIZE MAY BE GREATER THAN THAT!
LBA (LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESSING) mode
A NEW HDD ACCESSING METHOD TO OVERCOME THE 528 megabyte
BOTTLENECK. THE NUMBER OF CYLINDERS, HEADS & SECTORS
SHOWN IN SETUP MAY NOT BE THE NUMBER PHYSICALLY
CONTAINED IN THE HDD.
I440LX
no. CYLINDER
X no. HEAD
X no. SECTOR
X no. PER SECTOR
528 MEGABYTES
(1024)
( 16)
( 63)
( 512)
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