Asus K8N-DL User Guide - Page 80

Primary IDE Slave, Secondary IDE Master, Secondary IDE Slave

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Head Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. Precomp Displays the precompressed volumes on the hard disk, if any. Landing Zone Displays the drive's maximum usable capacity as calculated by the BIOS based on the drive information that you entered. Sector Shows the number of sectors per track. Transfer Mode Shows the data transfer mode if the hard disk supports this feature. Otherwise, this item is grayed out and shows the value [None]. S.M.A.R.T Status Shows the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T) status if the hard disk supports this feature. Otherwise, this item is grayed out and show the value [None]. After entering the IDE hard disk drive information, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives. This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk. Make sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to "Active." 4.3.7 Primary IDE Slave When configuring a drive as Primary IDE Slave, refer to section "4.3.6 Primary IDE Master" for the menu item descriptions. 4.3.8 Secondary IDE Master When configuring a drive as Secondary IDE Master, refer to section "4.3.6 Primary IDE Master" for the menu item descriptions. 4.3.9 Secondary IDE Slave When configuring a drive as Secondary IDE Slave, refer to section "4.3.6 Primary IDE Master" for the menu item descriptions. 4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

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Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Head
Head
Head
Head
Head
Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads.
Precomp
Precomp
Precomp
Precomp
Precomp
Displays the precompressed volumes on the hard disk, if any.
Landing Zone
Landing Zone
Landing Zone
Landing Zone
Landing Zone
Displays the drive
s maximum usable capacity as calculated by the BIOS
based on the drive information that you entered.
Sector
Sector
Sector
Sector
Sector
Shows the number of sectors per track.
Transfer Mode
Transfer Mode
Transfer Mode
Transfer Mode
Transfer Mode
Shows the data transfer mode if the hard disk supports this feature.
Otherwise, this item is grayed out and shows the value [None].
S.M.A.R.T Status
S.M.A.R.T Status
S.M.A.R.T Status
S.M.A.R.T Status
S.M.A.R.T Status
Shows the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology
(S.M.A.R.T) status if the hard disk supports this feature. Otherwise, this
item is grayed out and show the value [None].
After entering the IDE hard disk drive information, use a disk utility, such
as FDISK, to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives. This is
necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk. Make
sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to
Active.
4.3.7
4.3.7
4.3.7
4.3.7
4.3.7
Primary IDE Slave
Primary IDE Slave
Primary IDE Slave
Primary IDE Slave
Primary IDE Slave
When configuring a drive as Primary IDE Slave, refer to section
4.3.6
Primary IDE Master
for the menu item descriptions.
4.3.8
4.3.8
4.3.8
4.3.8
4.3.8
Secondary IDE Master
Secondary IDE Master
Secondary IDE Master
Secondary IDE Master
Secondary IDE Master
When configuring a drive as Secondary IDE Master, refer to section
4.3.6
Primary IDE Master
for the menu item descriptions.
4.3.9
4.3.9
4.3.9
4.3.9
4.3.9
Secondary IDE Slave
Secondary IDE Slave
Secondary IDE Slave
Secondary IDE Slave
Secondary IDE Slave
When configuring a drive as Secondary IDE Slave, refer to section
4.3.6
Primary IDE Master
for the menu item descriptions.