Asus K8N4-E K8N4-E User's Manual for English Edition - Page 64

Capacity, Cylinder, Sector, PIO Mode, UDMA Mode, Transfer Mode

Page 64 highlights

Capacity Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. This item is not configurable. Cylinder Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders. This item is not configurable. Head Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not configurable. Sector Shows the number of sectors per track. This item is not configurable. PIO Mode Sets the PIO mode for the IDE device. Configuration options: [Auto] [Mode 0] [Mode 1] [Mode 2] [Mode 3] [Mode 4] UDMA Mode Disables or sets the UDMA mode. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] Transfer Mode Shows the Transfer mode. This item is not configurable. After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS, 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. 2-18 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
  • 85
  • 86
  • 87
  • 88
  • 89
  • 90
  • 91
  • 92

2-18
2-18
2-18
2-18
2-18
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
Capacity
Capacity
Capacity
Capacity
Capacity
Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. This item is not
configurable.
Cylinder
Cylinder
Cylinder
Cylinder
Cylinder
Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders. This item is not configurable.
Head
Head
Head
Head
Head
Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not
configurable.
Sector
Sector
Sector
Sector
Sector
Shows the number of sectors per track. This item is not configurable.
PIO Mode
PIO Mode
PIO Mode
PIO Mode
PIO Mode
Sets the PIO mode for the IDE device.
Configuration options: [Auto] [Mode 0] [Mode 1] [Mode 2] [Mode 3]
[Mode 4]
UDMA Mode
UDMA Mode
UDMA Mode
UDMA Mode
UDMA Mode
Disables or sets the UDMA mode. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
Transfer Mode
Transfer Mode
Transfer Mode
Transfer Mode
Transfer Mode
Shows the Transfer mode. This item is not configurable.
After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS, 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.