Micron Millennia Series Technical Reference Manual page 67

Table 8: IDE Submenu Descriptions
Menu Name
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IDD HDD Auto-
Detection
IDE
(Primary/Secondary)
(Master/Slave)
Access Mode
Capacity
Cylinders
Head
Precomp
Landing Zone
Sector
Function
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Press [Enter] in this field to have your computer automatically detect and display the current
configuration for the IDE drive indicated in the title bar.
Default: Auto
Access Mode refers to the Hard Disk BIOS Translation Modes available. CHS (Cylinder, Head, Sector)
is used on HDDs at or below 512 MB. Large and LBA modes are used on HDDs above the 512 MB
capacity. Most modern drives use LBA (Large Block Addressing).
This field shows the total capacity of the drive. This field is informational only.
This field shows the number of cylinders.
This field shows the number of heads.
This field was used on older technology drives to compensate for varying bit density between tracks. It
remains in newer BIOS for compatibility reasons.
This field specifies the cylinder the BIOS should send the heads to when the system is turned off.
This field shows the number of sectors.
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