Asus A7V400-MX Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 44

Manual] & [CHS] Settings

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[Manual] & [CHS] Settings IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter] IDE Primary Master Access Mode [Manual] [CHS] Capacity 40020 MB Cylinder Head Sector Transfer Mode [19158] [ 16] [ 255] UDMA 2 Select Menu Item Specific Help Press [Enter] to select sector addressing method. F1 : Help ↑↓ : Select Item -/+ : Change Value F5 : Setup Defaults ESC : Exit →← : Select Menu Enter : Select Sub-menu F10 : Save and Exit Manually enter the number of cylinders, heads and sectors per track for the drive. Refer to the drive documentation or the drive label for this information. 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. After making your selections on this sub-menu, press the key to return to the Main menu. The Main menu displays the hard disk drive field with your configuration. Access Mode [Auto] Select the hard disk drive type in this field. When Logical Block Addressing (LBA) is enabled, the 28-bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders, heads, or sectors. Note that LBA Mode is necessary for drives with more than 504MB storage capacity. Select [CHS] to make manual entries for configuring the fields below. Configuration options: [CHS] [LBA] [Large] [Auto] Capacity Displays the hard disk drive capacity in MB or GB. This item is non-configurable. Cylinder This field configures the number of cylinders. Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value. To make changes to this field, set the IDE Primary Master field to [Manual] and the Access Mode to [CHS]. Head This field configures the number of read/write heads. Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value. To make changes to this field, set the IDE Primary Master field to [Manual] and the Access Mode to [CHS]. 2-12 Chapter 2: BIOS information

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Chapter 2: BIOS information
[Manual] & [CHS] Settings
Manually enter the number of cylinders, heads and sectors per track for the drive.
Refer to the drive documentation or the drive label for this information.
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.
After making your selections on this sub-menu, press the <Esc> key to return to
the Main menu. The Main menu displays the hard disk drive field with your
configuration.
Access Mode [Auto]
Select the hard disk drive type in this field. When Logical Block Addressing (LBA)
is enabled, the 28-bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for
cylinders, heads, or sectors. Note that LBA Mode is necessary for drives with more
than 504MB storage capacity. Select [CHS] to make manual entries for configuring
the fields below. Configuration options: [CHS] [LBA] [Large] [Auto]
Capacity
Displays the hard disk drive capacity in MB or GB. This item is non-configurable.
Cylinder
This field configures the number of cylinders. Refer to the drive documentation to
determine the correct value. To make changes to this field, set the IDE Primary
Master field to [Manual]
and the Access Mode to [CHS].
Head
This field configures the number of read/write heads. Refer to the drive
documentation to determine the correct value. To make changes to this field, set
the IDE Primary Master field to [Manual]
and the Access Mode
to [CHS].
IDE Primary Master
IDE HDD Auto-Detection
[Press Enter]
IDE Primary Master
[Manual]
Access Mode
[CHS]
Capacity
40020 MB
Cylinder
[19158]
Head
[
16]
Sector
[
255]
Transfer Mode
UDMA 2
F1
: Help
↑↓
↑↓
↑↓
↑↓
↑↓
: Select Item
-/+
: Change Value
F5
: Setup Defaults
ESC : Exit
→←
→←
→←
→←
→←
: Select Menu
Enter : Select Sub-menu
F10 : Save and Exit
Select Menu
Item Specific Help
Press [Enter] to select
sector addressing
method.