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Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave Configuration
Feature
Type
Cylinders
Heads
Sectors
Maximum
Capacity
Multi-Sector
Transfers
LBA Mode
Control
Submenu
Use this submenu to configure IDE devices.
Options
• None
• ATAPI Removable
• CD-ROM
• User
• Auto (default)
1 to XXXX
1 to 16
1 to 64
No options
• Disabled
• 2 Sectors
• 4 Sectors
• 8 Sectors
• 16 Sectors
(default)
• Disabled
• Enabled (default)
B I O S a n d s e t u p
Description
Specifies the IDE configuration
mode for IDE devices.
User enables the cylinders, heads,
and sectors fields to be set
manually.
Auto automatically fills in the
values for the cylinders, heads, and
sectors fields.
Specifies the number of disk
cylinders.
Specifies the number of disk heads.
Specifies the number of disk sectors.
Reports the maximum capacity for
the hard disk. Value calculated
from number of cylinders, heads,
and sectors.
Specifies the number of sectors per
block for transfers from the hard
drive to memory.
Check your hard drive's specifications
for the optimum setting.
Enables or disables logical block
addressing (LBA) in place of the
Cylinders, Heads, and Sectors fields.
CAUTION
Changing the LBA Mode Control
after a hard drive has been
formatted can corrupt data on the
drive.
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